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Microsoft's Expanding Universe
In the beginning, there was the PC. Now, Bill Gates sees vast new territories to conquer, from the most powerful corporate software to Internet commerce. ENTERPRISE Microsoft products, including Windows NT, BackOffice, and SQL Server, are starting to handle heavy-duty computing tasks that used to require expensive mainframes. Microsoft's revenues in this area are expected to top $2.7 billion in fiscal 1998. NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEMS UNITS SHIPPED IN '96: 3.3 MILLION MICROSOFT 39.8% NOVELL 27.2% UNIX (TOTAL) 21.7% DATA: INTERNATIONAL DATA CORP. DATABASES & TOOLS DATABASE REVENUES FOR 1996 ORACLE 38.4% IBM 21.8% INFORMIX 9.7% SYBASE 6.9% COMPUTER ASSOC. 5.0% MICROSOFT 4.0% DATA: DATAQUEST INC. CORPORATE E-MAIL Microsoft Exchange lags behind market leader Lotus Notes. NUMBER OF E-MAIL BOXES, AS OF 9/30/97 NOTES= 15.0 MILLION EXCHANGE= 7.2 MILLION DATA: ELECTRONIC MAIL & MESSAGING SYSTEMS INTRANET WEB SERVERS Microsoft's NT runs a growing share of corporate nets. WINDOWS NT 55% UNIX 36% NOVELL 4% DATA: ZONA RESEARCH CONSUMER ELECTRONICS Microsoft wants Windows CE, a simplified version of Windows, to power a new crop of digital appliances, including Web TVs, phones, and even navigation systems for cars. HANDHELDS New computing devices based on the Windows CE operating system are starting to take off, with 20% of the market. DATA: DATAQUEST INC. PC SOFTWARE Microsoft dominates the markets for PC operating-system software and productivity suites. Those markets are also its bread and butter. 75% of its revenues and most of its profits came from desktop software in fiscal 1997. PERSONAL-FINANCE SOFTWARE Microsoft Money has only a 14% share, compared with 82% for Intuit's Quicken. DATA: PC DATA PRODUCTIVITY SUITES Microsoft's programs are office staples. 1996 DOLLAR SALES MICROSOFT 87.0% LOTUS 6.0% COREL 4.7% DATA: DATAQUEST INC. OPERATING SYSTEMS Windows is ubiquitous. UNITS SOLD IN 1997: MICROSOFT WINDOWS 86.0% APPLE 4.6% DOS 2.3% OTHER 7.1% EDUCATION AND GAMES Microsoft's 50 titles, from the Encarta encyclopedia to Flight Simulator, should bring in $300 million this fiscal year. INTERNET Microsoft is making a broad-based push into cyberspace. It offers a Web browser and server programs, and runs 16 different Web sites that it hopes will become future moneymakers. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT With its Sidewalk city sites, Microsoft is encroaching on local newspapers and the $24 billion local ad market. ONLINE SERVICES Microsoft Network is still a distant No.2. U.S. subscribers as of June, 1997: AOL/COMPUSERVE 9.6 million MSN 1.7 million PRODIGY 1.0 million DATA: INTERNATIONAL DATA CORP. INTERNET TV Microsoft bought WebTV, the No.1 service in the nascent market, and is pitching the technology to cable operators. WEB BROWSERS A Dataquest Inc. study gives Microsoft almost 40% of the market--from nothing two years ago. Analysts see it surpassing Netscape as early as mid-1998. TRAVEL Expedia, with more than 2 million in travel bookings a week, is one of the top travel sites. DATA: MICROSOFT CORP. NEWS Microsoft handles the Web-site part of its $250 million cable-TV and Internet news joint venture with NBC. Media Metrix ranks it ahead of rival sites such as USA Today and CNN. DATA: MSNBC CAR BUYING Microsoft's CarPoint is already one of the top online auto- sales sites. Analysts expect it to pull in $100 million in revenues in 2001. DATA: FORRESTER RESEARCH INC.
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