Apple says it's time for Microsoft to publish its financial results for the quarter past. They are very positive, thanks to the breakthrough of Windows 7. The turnover stood at Microsoft's $ 14.5 billion or 6% higher than 12 months ago. Operating profit was also up 17% as net income 4.01 billion +35%.

The crisis is one factor explaining these good numbers, but Microsoft says his health especially by Windows 7: The Windows division has seen its turnover increase by 28% with 7. Only six months after its release, 7 is already used by more than 10% of PCs worldwide. According to Microsoft, Windows had no other known as rapid adoption.

Microsoft is also proud of the success of the strong growth Bing, Xbox LIVE, and Cloud services. However, when considering the detailed results of each division, it is clear that only the branch "Windows and Windows Live" is in real growth. The turnover and profit of the Business division fell slightly, industry Server & Tools is very slight growth. The Entertainment and Devices business achieved a turnover of stable, but raked in 165 million against operating profit 41 million losses the previous year. Finally, the Online Services division has certainly improved its turnover, but shows heavy losses (713 million).