Each so sometimes, the debate resurfaces as to no matter if Microsoft could or needs to be superior off in the event the organization were broken into two or three mini-Microsofts.This week,
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Windows 7 Home Basic, Ballmer opted to name two different presidents to head those units (even though mobile and gaming will continue to report as a single profit-and-loss center when the organization details its earnings).It;s been a long time since gaming was seen as an afterthought by Microsoft or those watching the organization. In fact, Microsoft seems to become trying to tie in ever even more tightly its Xbox Live gaming service into its mobile communications enterprise with its heavy focus on gaming with Windows Phone 7. Microsoft execs continue to play up the coming Kinect sensors; appeal beyond gaming, claiming that Kinect is indicative of the enterprise;s broader natural-user-interface direction. And Microsoft, like Google and other tech leaders, seems to think social gaming will be the next big thing, and no doubt sees plenty of potential search/ad synergies in that space.Based on these trends,
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