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loud, cloud, cloud, followed by Office, gaming,
Surface and then Windows: by now, Microsoft
haslaidoutitspriorities,andthefinancial
resultsMicrosoft reported last month reflected this.
For consumers, the high point of Microsoft’s
fourth-quarter calendar 2019 results was the fact that
Microsoft reported $1.98 billion (around £1.4bn) in
Surface sales alone – almost making Surface a $2 billion
ButitsAzurecloudbusinessgrewbyanimpressive 62 percent all
by itself. MARK HACHMAN reports
Microsoft’s Surface
sales near $2 billion
