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Change management - Microsoft's middle-age spread.

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(From Financial Director)

Shock is rippling through the finance world at the recent finance-related developments at Microsoft - at least among watchers close to the company. But curiously, the wider business world seems unfazed.

Although covered extensively in a handful of media reports, most of the changes have attracted note, but little comment. The bare facts have been reported, but little has emerged about the thinking behind the company's recent moves, or the impact they are likely to have not just for Microsoft and its shareholders and employees, but for the wider business world.

Where Microsoft leads, others usually follow.

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