Even worse, deferred revenue from 2000 will account for a whopping $ 117 million of this quarter's sales figure.
12.
Although some analysts add the deferred revenue back to arrive at a presumed total, Maffei cautioned against this practice.
13.
In the fourth quarter, its deferred revenue rose by $ 133 million to a total $ 1 . 42 billion.
14.
Generally, Wall Street had been watching the deferred revenue figure closely, even though it represents a fraction of Microsoft's overall sales.
15.
The numbers look even better when deferred revenue from Microsoft's operating systems and Office 97 sales is added in, analysts said.
16.
The company's unearned or deferred revenue rose $ 253 million to $ 1.67 billion from $ 1.42 billion in the previous quarter.
17.
By the end of September, Microsoft's deferred revenue was $ 9.1 billion, up from $ 7.7 billion in the quarter ended in June.
18.
While revenue is expected to shift between periods or move between revenue and deferred revenue, the overall strength of our business remains unchanged.
19.
"Microsoft disappointed on some of the deferred revenues and that took the market down, " said Larry Wachtel, market analyst at Wachovia Securities.
20.
With Microsoft, analysts pay particular attention to deferred revenue, which increased about $ 130 million from the September quarter to $ 4.26 billion.
