Microsoft should consider selling Xbox and Bing businesses, says key analyst

[DirtyP2002]

happydolphin said:

DirtyP2002 said: -snip-

Stage does have a point then if we're talking about now. Problem is xbox has existed for 13 years.

Server and Tools is mostly OS-related, I'd imagine, at least to an extent (Hyper-V and whatnot).

What is Microsoft Business Division, that one's interesting.

That is a VERY strange way to look at it.

Server and Tools include development tools (.NET Framework, Sharepoint, Visual Studio, Visual Basic) Servers (Azure, Windows Server - This is NOT Windows) databases (MS SQL). No this is not mostly OS-related. In fact it is not OS-related in any way.

Business Division is Microsoft Office and Office 365, so not Windows related.

 

And please keep in mind that the numbers for the windows division benefit from the recent launch of Windows 8.