microsoft-watch.com - 10/24/2008
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October 23, 2008 4:57 PM Microsoft Q1 2009 by the Numbers [Editor's note: This was a live document from 4:57 p.m. EDT until 7:05 p.m.] Microsoft significantly lowered guidance for fiscal 2009 in anticipation of a mild to severe recession. The company already is seeing slowing spending among ...
microsoft.com - 10/27/2008
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Company releases comprehensive Azure Services Platform for the
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for developers. LOS ANGELES — Oct. 27, 2008 — Today, during a keynote speech at the Microsoft Professional Developers ...
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microsoft.com - 10/23/2008
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XBRLVersion Earnings - XBRL v2.1 (291kb) Microsoft Reports Record...
First-Quarter Revenue Revenue surpasses $15 billion with healthy sales of enterprise software and Xbox 360 consoles REDMOND, Wash. — ...
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Who Will Pay More for MacBook in this Economy?
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Friday, October 24, 2008 4:43 PM/EST Who Will Pay More for MacBook in this Economy? Yesterday's Microsoft earnings announcement puts new context around Apple's MacBook pricing. Yes, Microsoft . The company reduced fiscal 2009 guidance from $1.7 billion to $2.4 billion and earnings per share from 8 cents to 12 cents. Microsoft's quarter ends on June 30. The guidance reduction and the reasons for it are a crystal ball into future technology spending. Apple should take notice. arrow.gif GOT A TIP OR RUMOR? By the way, for the quick answer to the ...
Opinion: open source value transcends tough times
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Oct. 24, 2008 Am I the only one turned off by ads touting the advantages of open source software during tough economic times? They strike me as unsavory, like an ambulance-chasing lawyer tucking his card into the pocket of an unconscious or at least severely sedated IT industry. How bad off is IT? Microsoft appears to be doing just fine, according to its quaterly report released yesterday -- though it acknowledged ...
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