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:Microsoft blames open source for revenue fall

Microsoft blames open source for revenue fall
Aug 6, 2009, 13 :34 UTC (14 Talkback[s]) (5529 reads)
(Other stories by Sam Varghese)

[ Thanks to Sam Varghese for this link. ]

"Microsoft saw revenue fall to $US13.10 billion. This is the second straight quarter for which sales graphs have showed a downward trend.
"While profits fell across its business, the biggest drop was in its client division - 33 percent.
"The software giant made mention of GNU/Linux - what CEO Steve Ballmer once referred to as a cancer - as one of the factors in its 10-K filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission."

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