Looks like some of the Vista chickens are coming home to roost:

The world's biggest software maker said sales of Windows for PCs sank 24 percent and revenue from its online advertising unit came in at the low end of its projections. Microsoft's report contrasted with positive comments from chipmaker Intel Corp. and computer company International Business Machines Corp.

Maybe Ballmer should throw some more chairs - I expect that MS has now passed their peak, and is on the way down. Doesn't mean they'll disappear; IBM survived their crisis, and MS will survive theirs. They will come out the other side of it with a whole lot less industry influence though...

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