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To make it more interesting, Microsoft will report disappointing results
on
Thursday:
Microsoft Expected To Post Sharp Drop In 3Q Profit Thu
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090417-714101.html
- From Microsoft's last quarter:
"Microsoft, like much of the IT industry, was caught off-guard by the
rapid
rise of the netbook category, but moved quickly to offer a
netbook-specific
version of XP Home to stem the tide of Linux on netbooks. When one
considers
that getting some revenue is better than getting none, that was a wise
move."
--CRN
http://www.crn.com/software/212902058
"Client software felt the slump in PC sales, and was further harmed by the
shift to netbooks; many of these run Linux, which helps Microsoft not at
all."
--Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090122-microsoft-sees-profits-fall-starts-layoffs.html</a></font>
"Search engines be da**ed, it's the OS that generates money - if the world
switches to linux, it will switch to OpenOffice too."
--Motley Fool (heavily Microsoft
influenced)
http://caps.fool.com/blogs/viewpost.aspx?bpid=133810&t=01008616547623863168
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