"SQL Server, Visual Studio and the new Xbox will drive growth, but Windows client licensing and the Business Service division pose problems.
Microsoft predicts that next quarter's launches of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and Xbox 360 will elevate its revenue during its 2006 fiscal year, but the company expects another profitless year for its Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) division.
'2006 is shaping up well. We're at the starting point of improving [our] multiyear licensing and improving revenue growth for the company,' Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell said Thursday during the company's conference call on its 2005 fourth-quarter and full-year financial results and fiscal 2006 outlook." [more]