Media: Typos in Microsoft Earnings Release!
Initially saddened and confused by this weekâs strong earnings report from Microsoft, which gave it little to criticize, the media rebounded strongly today, noting the release had ânumerousâ typos and grammatical errors that, said one reporter, âclearly show this is a still a company under siege and unsure of its server and operating system markets.â âLook at the first sentence â âMicrosoft Corp. today announced income before accounting change of $2.58 billion for the quarter ended Sept. 30,ââ said New York Times editor Frank Sherman. âThere should be an âanâ before income. That, to me, is indicative of a company that is on its heels, and we have to question its .NET strategy going forward.â Joyce Cranston, an editor at Barronâs, said a mixed metaphor found at the end of the third paragraph was evidence of operating system weakness. âThey use the phrase âa rich set of building blocksâ,â she noted. âExcuse me? Building blocks can be rich? I sense a company struggling with the threat from Linux.â Added Cranston: âOh check out this phrase â âDuring the quarter, MSN, the Webâs largest network with more than 210 million unique users worldwideâ¦â Hello? How about a comma between ânetworkâ and âwith?â It completely changes the meaning of the sentence, and reeks of anti-competitive behavior.â