>Microsoft makes very little, if anything, off of the certification costs. Surveys have shown that certification will help you professionally.

Is MS' profit on certifications a fact you've seen or conjecture on your part?

That any company may make very little on a 'transaction' is often immaterial. Banks make a small slice whenever they glance towards your account, yet they make billions by virtue of the count of accounts and the glances to each.

Some companies, too, will give things away in order to get business on related products. I remember that Kodak used to give the company I worked for free cameras (good quality professional quality ones) with a contract to purchase film/paper exclusively from them.
Somehow I think that certification is GOOD BUSINESS for MS regardless of their "profit" on that matter.

IE shows the same characteristic.

All this just to comment: your response for the "more money for Bill" statement is silly and your need to continue to defend MS at every turn continues to amaze! Like they cannot do so for themselves?????

PS I hear MS is going to pay dividends for the first time this year! Finally, they are sharing some of the booty with their shareholders!! If your argument is 'yes, they waited for the double taxation to be removed to do so' then ask yourself if the dividend being paid includes all of the prior dividends that should have been payable.

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>>Hi Everybody,
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>>I have a question for all of you. What is your opinion about Microsoft Certifications? Does it make any improvement, or they only make money for Bill?
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>>Regards,
>>Ali