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2006-03-23 09:35:59 AM
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Jim Cooper writes:
Cheers,
Kevin.
 

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On 2006-03-22, David Dean <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes:
10:10:1:2 relatively in Microsofts profit lineup (that figure is a few years
old tho, XBox/Games division a negative number, VS doesn't register)
 

"Tom" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes
(Bruce Henderson and the marketshare/growth matrix, e.g.
www.valuebasedmanagement.net/methods_bcgmatrix.html). In that
context, a cash cow was a product that had a high market share and low
growth rate that did not require or need further investment, and essentially
just delivered ongoing revenue.
I think MS Office was being characterised in this thread as such a product -
high market share, little growth potential, not needing much investment,
delivering revenue. Until Open Office started making inroads . . .
Lauchlan M
 

Om 21:07:02 uur, 22.03.2006, schreef Leonel:
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"Lauchlan M" writes:
who's entry into business possibly predates your birth, the term "cash cow"
has been a "common sense" business term used in that same context long
before BCG was founded.
The origin of the term comes from the cow a family keep to produce "milk &
butter" money. My grannies cash cow was named Bossy. Anyone who grew up poor
in rural USA in the 1930's knew the term as did business people of that era.
Only in today's dumbed down world could BCG getaway with charging to
"explain" a term like cash cow.
 

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Hello!
"Larry Maturo" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes news:4421bec6$XXXX@XXXXX.COM...
www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp
[quote]
In the US and European markets, Mr Colbert said, it is true that the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are critical for PC
sales -- and the OEM software that goes through the cash register with them -- but in New Zealand, that is not the case at all.
Mr Colbert says that here, first quarter sales are critical -- and they begin to take flight six to eight weeks after the new year.
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[quote]
Importantly, though, he pointed out, the Vista OS is not just an "upgrade" but an entirely new product in many ways. "Vista is
completely different," he said, "more like a home server than just an operating system."
[/quote]
Regards, Roman
 

Sarah writes:
 

Mike B writes:
cow" implied something other then good. If that was not you, then no
need to reply.
 

Thomas Miller writes:
comments from those who stated in an earlier thread that the term "cash
cow" indicated something bad. I was simply demonstrating that it is
most often used to indicate a profitiable piece of a business.
 

Sarah writes:
cases it would be a good thinng. I cannot think of any company who
would not like to have a cash cow.
 

Mike B writes:
at the lowest level of communication, period. And worse yet, it isn't
even funny!
 

John Jacobson writes:
 

Lauchlan M writes:
that level of thought as to the imlications of some of the terminology,
which is often misused anyway.