MSFT: Cost controls, Office/Server & Tools...

1:26 PM Cost controls, Office/Server & Tools strength, and perhaps the news of CFO's Peter Klein's pending departure are helping Microsoft (MSFT +3.2%) trade near $30 again following its FQ3 report. Bernstein, encouraged by the Office 365 disclosure, thinks "Microsoft is already the 2nd largest enterprise cloud vendor," with a $1.4B-$1.6B/year run rate (ed: Microsoft's total estimated FY13 revenue is $79B). ReadWrite's Mark Hachman, however, doesn't like the fact no fresh details are provided on Win. 8 licenses. If Klein was pushed out, he doesn't suggest it in a memo. (CC transcript) Read comments

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