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Microsoft And The Seven Dwarfs

Microsoft and The Seven Dwarfs
Microsoft's seven largest publicly traded competitors are: Novell, Lotus,
Borland (with Ashton-Tate), Aldus, Adobe, Symantec, Software Publishing


The image shows two graphs: Revenue and Net Income.

Revenue
Note: Exact figures cannot be given because the graph does not show precise numbers. All the numbers given are approximations.

Y-axis = 0-4,000 in millions of dollars.
X-axis = years 1989 through 1993.

The graph shows estimated millions of revenue dollars from 1989 through 1993 for Microsoft, The seven without Novell, and the next seven. Microsoft revenue is shown to have a sharp revenue growth in 1989 from $800 million to $3.9 million in 1993. The seven without Novell is shown to have a slight revenue growth in 1989 from $1.5 million to $2.4 million. The next seven is shown to have a steady revenue growth in 1989 from an $1.5 million to $3.8 million.

Net Income
Note: Exact figures cannot be given because the graph does not show precise numbers. All the numbers given are approximations.

Y-axis = 0-1,000 in millions of dollars.
X-axis = years 1989 through 1993.

The graph shows estimated millions of dollars in net income from 1989 through 1993 for the seven without Novell, the next seven, and Microsoft. The seven without Novell is shown just below $200 million in 1989 and to have a slight decline by 1990, a slight increase by 1991, a sharper decline by 1992, and finally a steady increase to $100 million by 1993. The next seven without Novell is shown slightly above $200 million in 1989 and to have a slight decline by 1990, a slight increase through 1993, and finally a sharp increase to $4.1 million. Microsoft is shown at $200 million in 1989 and to have a sharp increase to just below $1 billion by 1993.

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Updated August 14, 2015