Reality check. It takes Microsoft only about…

  • 10 hours to exceed Red Hat’s quarterly net income of $20.5 million
  • four days to exceed Research In Motion’s quarterly net income of $187.9 million
  • four days to exceed Starbucks’ quarterly net income of $205 million
  • one week to exceed Nike’s quarterly net income of $350.8 million
  • two weeks to exceed McDonalds’ quarterly net income of $762 million
  • two weeks to exceed Apple’s quarterly net income of $770 million
  • 18 days to exceed Google’s quarterly net income of $1 billion
  • 23 days to exceed Coca-Cola’s quarterly net income of $1.26 billion
  • five weeks to exceed IBM’s quarterly net income of $1.85 billion
  • 10 weeks to exceed Wal-Mart’s quarterly net income of $3.9 billion

    • Taken from Yahoo Financie article “10 Reinvigorating Facts About Microsoft’s Profits“