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msft @ a glance
  microsoft investor relations newsletter

February 2003 -- In this edition

 

In the spotlight
Events of special interest to Microsoft's investor community
Inside Microsoft
Learn more about your company
Products at a glance
The past month's product highlights
News
Microsoft news releases of interest to investors
Calendar of upcoming events
A summary of upcoming investor relations and corporate events of interest to investors.

In the Spotlight

January 31: Microsoft filed the FY03-2 Form 10-Q for the quarter ending December 31. Read the entire report on the MSFT Website.

January 24: John Connors, CFO and Senior Vice President, spoke to Financial Analysts in New York. Listen to his presentation, view his PowerPoint deck and read the transcript online.

January 16: Microsoft Declared Annual Dividend and Announces Two-for-One Split on Common Stock
Read the Dividend and Split Release
For more information on our direct stock purchase or dividend reinvestment plan, please visit our transfer agent's Website.

January 16: FY 2003 Second Quarter Earnings were released after the stock market closed.
Read the Earnings Release

Inside Microsoft
The Journey to Trustworthy Computing: Microsoft Execs Report First-Year Progress

A year ago today, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates delivered a rare, company-wide memo that outlined a concept he called Trustworthy Computing -- a call-to-action to improve the experience of Microsoft customers regarding what Microsoft has come to call the "four pillars" on which that concept is based: security, privacy, reliability and business integrity. Although Microsoft had been working towards this goal for several years, customer feedback told the company that it needed to do a better job. Read an update from the key executives.
 

Products at a glance

Product news as reported in Microsoft's most recent Form 10-Q

  • Over 90M copies of Windows XP sold from launch through December 31, 2002

  • Over 2,200 new Business Solutions customers added during the quarter

  • Xbox is the now the #2 gaming platform in US and Europe (according the third party data - NPD, GfK and Chart Track)

  • Launch to date, Xbox has sold over 8M console units-with 5.4M in North America; 1.8M in Europe; and over 0.8M in Asia Pacific

  • Xbox Live starter kits sold over 250,000 in the second quarter

  • Xbox sales are expected to be over 9 million units at fiscal year end

News
January 21: Microsoft Announces Its Intention to Acquire PlaceWare

 

January 14: Microsoft Announces Government Security Program

For a complete list of Microsoft news releases for the month of January, please visit our PressPass site.

Calendar of Upcoming Events
February 24: Kevin Johnson, Senior Vice President, Microsoft Americas will speak at Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium

 

March 18-24: Microsoft Mobility Developer Conference 2003: Bill Gates' keynote will address Microsoft's new mobile technologies and long-term development strategies for mobile applications

Visit the investor relations event calendar
Learn about events in the US
Learn about events worldwide

 

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