WSJ says it's all in the revenue segments...
Microsoft, whose fiscal year starts on July 1, voluntarily splits its revenue by segments, and it chooses how to define those segments and what to call them. A look at how it did this from 1997 to 2013 is a window into how Microsoft has defined — and redefined — its business over time
How #Microsoft saw itself from 1997 to 2013. See how revenue segments changed over the years: http://t.co/mZR2RRvTuY pic.twitter.com/YLk2lJvQ9m
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) February 6, 2014
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