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Re:Microsoft reports record first-quarter revenue of $18.53 ... by theatraine on Thursday October 24, 2013 @06:02PM (#6608320)
Right, from the revenue report: "Commercial cloud revenue grew 103%". This appears to be the largest section of growth reported, so it looks like Microsoft is doing pretty well in the cloud space.
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Re:Microsoft reports record first-quarter revenue of $18.53 ... by csense on Thursday October 24, 2013 @07:16PM (#6608729)
Business 101: Whenever you see a ridiculously huge growth figure like 103%, it's usually measured against a tiny base. See http://xkcd.com/1102/

Improving growth does mean either Microsoft's doing something right and/or the size of this market is increasing. But seeing a growth number this high means you should be very skeptical that cloud products will be able to carry the rest of Microsoft on their back going forward, or successfully challenge market leaders.

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Re:Microsoft reports record first-quarter revenue of $18.53 ... by outside1234 on Thursday October 24, 2013 @08:25PM (#6609030)
Usually, but not in this case.
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