Microsoft lost $39 million last quarter selling its Surface tablets, the company acknowledged in filings today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission



From Computerworld:

While Microsoft reported increased Surface revenue for the October-December 2013 quarter of $893 million -- more than double the $400 million in the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2013 -- it pegged the cost of that revenue at $932 million.

The difference between what it brought in and what it laid out -- cost of revenue would include not only the money necessary to assemble the tablets, but also distribution and marketing expenses -- and thus the amount Microsoft went into the hole, was a brisk $39 million.

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