A collapse in PC sales this year has served to undermine the licensing revenue that has longbeen the main foundation of Microsoft business, leaving it increasingly dependent onhardware sales and a shift to commercial cloud revenues. Though growing 88 per cent in thelatest quarter to top $2bn, these are still less than 10 per cent of overall sales.
长期以来,软件许可证收入一直是微软业务的主要基石。今年PC销售滑坡拖累了微软的这块收入,导致它日益依赖硬件销售和转而挖掘商业云收入。尽管商业云收入在最近一个季度增长了88%、突破了20亿美元,但它仍只占微软总销售额的不到10%。
Sales of software licences to PC makers fell by 22 per cent, with both Windows and Officesuffering from a decline in shipments of new machines that research firm Gartner put at 9.5per cent in the latest quarter. The fall-off has followed a temporary jump in PC sales in 2014,which was prompted by the ending of Microsoft’s support for the Windows XP operatingsystem. PC sales were also dented as customers waited for next week’s launch of Windows 10.
PC制造商贡献的软件许可证收入下降了22%,Windows和Office均受到新PC发货量下滑冲击。研究公司高德纳(Gartner)表示,上一财季新PC发货量减少了9.5%。2014年,PC销售量出现过短暂上升,这是因为微软结束了对Windows XP操作系统的支持。另外,用户在等待下周Windows 10发布,这也抑制了PC的销售量。
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