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Microsoft Posts First Quarterly Loss Ever

Posted by samzenpus on from the hole-in-the-bucket dept.

HangingChad writes "Microsoft's announcement of a late October release date for Windows 8 was eclipsed by its earnings report, in which the computer giant posted its first-ever quarterly loss since going public in 1986. The loss stems from Microsoft's continued struggles with the online services division."

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  1. Re:Yay! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I was happy to see how they treated the dock.

  2. Re:Write down is still money that was spent by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 0, Troll

    hey hey you want me to shoot for frist psot and still be 100% correct? Yes, it is true, the money had already been spent way back in 2007 and they admit they got zilch for that investment. It also includes about 2 billion it had spent on the online arena without much results. Wonder where that money went? Could they have been giving 2 billion in bing rewards? Or it was all just paying shills to post in Slashdot?

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    sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
  3. Re:Another Shitty Summary. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    That really pulled them down and people are waiting to buy new pc's/laptops for when win8 comes out

    This shit again? The normal consumer doesn't have a clue about Windows 8. They are too busy buying iPads.

  4. Re:More like 72% lost share by sosume · · Score: -1, Troll

    Like Steve Jobs said: "...

    Uh, Steve said a lot of things. And mostly they were lies and rubbish.