The Daily Source 11 months ago

Amid cannibalization woes, netbooks eat into Microsoft sales

SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- The growing popularity of netbooks - low-priced, stripped-down computers - is weighing on Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) revenue growth, just as the software company separately grapples with potential cannibalization by offering... Full Article at The Daily Source

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  1. It's pretty clear that netbook sales are cannibalizing sales of higher priced versions of Windows
    SOURCE: The Daily Source 11 months ago
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