Microsoft quarter shows continued growth

20.10.2011

Sales of Microsoft's flagship product, Windows, grew as well, although less spectacularly. The Windows and Windows Live Division revenue was $4.87 billion for the period, a 2 percent increase.

Starting next quarter, Microsoft will include financial results of Skype, whose acquisition it . Because of this successful quarter, and the Skype acquisition, Microsoft increased its expectations for full fiscal 2012 revenue, from $28.6 billion to $29.2 billion.