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Re: Microsoft Saves Face by Hiding Poor Software Divisions

__/ [ Oliver Wong ] on Tuesday 18 July 2006 17:52 \__

> 
> "BearItAll" <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1153216194.19988.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> NoNamer wrote:
>>>
>>> If you are implying that somehow MS is doing worse with this article,
>>> you aren't reporting the facts.
>>
>> I don't know what you were reading, but I didn't notice that Roy suggested
>> MS is doing either well or poorly. The article is about a restructure and
>> the article itself tells you why it is taking place.
> 
>     The "Microsoft saves face by hiding poor software divisions" part
> implies to me that MS made a big mistake and wants to hide it from the
> public, as opposed to the restructuring being just "business as usual".
> 
>     - Oliver

The Register has more to say about this:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/19/microsoft_financial_reporting/

Microsoft discovers secret to impressing Wall Street

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| Obfuscation
| By Gavin Clarke in San Francisco
| Published Wednesday 19th July 2006 01:07 GMT
| 
| Microsoft has changed the way it breaks out its financials in a
| shake-up likely to accentuate the positive and shield loss-making
| activities from close scrutiny.
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