10 Stunning Facts About Microsoft’s Profits

Wow! The Var Guy owns a calculator, and sat down recently to compare Microsoft's profits to those of ten other famous companies. For fun, he expresses those comparisons in terms of how long it takes Microsoft to exceed the quarterly profits of Apple (two weeks), Google (18 days) and Red Hat (10 hours!) Microsoft also blows away giants like McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Wal-Mart! Microsoft brings in $55 million of profit -- profit, not revenue -- PER DAY. Something to think about next time you're shelling out $450 for a copy of Microsoft Office. GO HERE FOR THE JUICY DETAILS

(props to The Var Guy).