> In the last decade Microsoft has grown profit margins without creating new product lines. No. To name a few: Xbox, BPOS (Exchange/SharePoint Online), ShareP

> In the last decade Microsoft has grown profit margins without creating new product lines. No. To name a few: Xbox, BPOS (Exchange/SharePoint Online), SharePoint, Office Communications Server, Dynamics CRM. See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1392036 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1392036 if you want to hear me lament the awful MS commentary on HN for a few more sentences.