Wall Street: Vista coupons could cost Microsoft $600 million
TechWeb | at | by Mike
Windows Vista promotions that give free or discounted updates to 2006's holiday season PC buyers will cut as much as $600 million from Microsoft's revenues, a Wall Street analyst said Thursday.
UBS AG's Heather Bellini has reduced her sales estimate from $13.4 billion to $12.6 billion for Microsoft's second quarter, which ends in December, Bloomberg News reported. Microsoft will probably be forced to defer as much as $600 million in Windows client sales if it goes through with the anticipated coupon offer, Bellini told Bloomberg.