"It's interesting to watch patients deal with it, " says Jeff Beck, chief operating office of iRobot.
Unable to find a suitable replacement for McClendon, Chesapeake board has been forced to name long-time Chief Operating Office Steve Dixon to serve as interim chief.
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"The discipline that Sandy and his staff have shown has been very good, keeping the long term and the short term both in perspective, " Mets chief operating office Jeff Wilpon said.
Its near monopoly on operating systems and office automation software assured it a high cash flow.
Microsoft generates plenty of cash thanks to its dominance of PC operating systems and office applications.
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Freshly launched editions of Microsoft's mainstays--the Windows operating system and Office desktop productivity suite--helped the Redmond, Wash.
Microsoft derives about 75% of its stock value from Windows operating system and Office suite of products, according to our estimates.
Founded in 1975, it rose swiftly to dominate the world of personal computing with its Windows operating system and Office suite of word-processing and other productivity tools.
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Doctors get around this by performing cosmetic procedures in their own in-office operating rooms or at ambulatory surgery centers, where the credentialing requirements may not be as strict.
Banks have traditionally struggled to find a profitable business model in impoverished areas, where the cost of operating a branch office usually outweighs whatever profits it can achieve.
For example, it is unlikely that a start-up will succeed in taking on Wal-Mart (WMT) directly in the retailing business with an everyday low price strategy nor will a start-up office operating system maker make much headway against Microsoft (MSFT).
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Just as Microsoft can give away its browser because it makes money from the Windows operating system and Office, so Sun can afford to make StarPortal free because it makes so much from selling the powerful servers that host web pages and other data.
Microsoft is a company that has attracted more than its fair share of criticism over the years for its aggressive competitive practices, the dubious quality of its Windows operating system and Office applications, as well as its seeming inability to produce sizable growth in recent years.
Microsoft's commitment to PC technology has kept it investing in operating system and office automation software for the last decade while losing more than two-thirds of its market share in smartphone operating systems and delaying its entry into the fast-growing tablet business--places where Apple has had astoundingly profitable revenue growth.
We estimate its operating margins for Microsoft Office to be around 63% in 2011, and forecast a steady decline in operating margins throughout the forecast period.
Microsoft as we know has a lock on the PC operating system, on Office and does well in games.
Nokia has been turning around slowly after its gutsy decision to abandon its in-house smartphone platform and support Microsoft Office Phone operating system.
Microsoft does, of course, have considerable detractors who scoff at its seeming inability to excel in anything outside of its monopoly operating system and suite of Office products.
Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) does, of course, have considerable detractors who scoff at its seeming inability to excel in anything outside of its monopoly operating system and suite of Office products.
The amount of money they are saving on office space and overhead operating expenses alone, has been monumental.
Novell once dominated the market for operating systems used by back-office server computers.
American Superconductor this morning said it has cut its workforce by about 25% and is consolidating office space to reduce operating costs and improve liquidity.
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"This is standard operating practice for any governmental or political office at any level of government, and anyone who has worked in one, knows that, " he said.
Microsoft Corporation , one of the biggest software companies in the world, makes money primarily via sales of its Microsoft Office productivity suite and Windows operating system.
It adds that she was also "separately compensated" for her services as a writer - as well as Hollinger picking up the tab for office equipment, including the operating cost of a private telecom network.
Earlier this week, at the Goldman Sachs tech conference in San Francisco, Microsoft CFO Peter Klein was asked (yet again) about the potential launch of a version of Office for iOS, the operating system used for the Apple iPad and iPhone.
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And God forbid if you wanted to buy a new computer running a different version of the operating system than all the others in the office.
Last year, Quadrangle brought on former Yahoo chief operating officer Dan Rosensweig to start its Silicon Valley office.
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