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Netbook growth cuts into Microsoft's earnings

 

Published 11/10/2008 by Joseph Tartakoff at SFGate: Technology

After Microsoft Corp. reported its first-quarter earnings last month, analysts jumped on a gap in the numbers: Although computer makers had bought more copies of Microsoft's operating systems, the resulting revenue decreased. Microsoft Chief Financial Officer... (link)

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