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Microsoft blames open source for revenue fall

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Sam Varghese
Aug 6, 2009

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Varghese
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“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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