“由于office97市场看好,微软公司的盈利额猛增80％”,一份于4月17日公布的报告震惊了华尔街。 微软宣布,在3月31日截止的1997年第一季度里,微软的净收入为10.4亿美元,每股盈利为0.97美元。而去年同期这一数字为0.44美元。这一结果大大超过了分析家们一致肯定的0.64美元一股的预计。而且,第一季度的总收入为32.1亿美元,比去年的22.1亿美元增长了45%。 “微软的office97在世界范围内被接受导致了这一惊人的结果。”微软的 “Because the office97 market is promising, Microsoft’s profit jumped by 80%,” a report published on April 17 shocked Wall Street. Microsoft announced that in the first quarter of 1997, which ended on March 31st, Microsoft’s net income was US$1.04 billion and its earnings per share was US$0.97. The figure for the same period last year was $0.44. This result greatly exceeded analysts’ unanimously confirmed $0.64 estimate. Moreover, the total revenue for the first quarter was 3.21 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 45% from the 2.21 billion U.S. dollars last year. “Microsoft’s acceptance of Office97 worldwide has led to this amazing result.” Microsoft’s