Last year was not good for Microsoft: revenue growth slowed from 36 to eight per cent, a judge ordered the firm to be snapped in two, and $250bn evaporated from its market value. But it has fought back to become the dominant player once again.
When 20,000 Microsofties streamed into the annual employee meeting last September, chief executive Steve Ballmer had to fire up the troops. So Ballmer dipped deep into his bag of motivational tri...
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