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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro stated in post ifm91g$ksd$3@lust.ihug.co.nz on 12/31/10   
   9:02 PM:   
      
   > In message , Snit wrote:   
   >   
   >> Sure, MS is struggling in the smart phone and pad markets.  They are   
   >> making a decent showing in the game console market...   
   >   
   > Even there, I don¹t think they¹ve yet recovered the billions in accumulated   
   > losses that the Xbox division has suffered.   
   >   
   >> and I expect Bing will do well over time - it is actually quite good.   
   >   
   > But will there be time? The market‹outside of Windows‹doesn¹t sit still.   
      
   If nothing else it has pushed Google to get better.   
      
      
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