You realize what the topic is really saying ?
It's like the "Pink Knight" announcing that in his recent fight with the
"Orange Knight", results were much better than he expected.
The Pink Knight actually had both arms and legs severed, and was
disemboweled. His right eye was also gouged out, and a ear lopped off.
He expected to be totally and utterly destroyed but as he is still
breathing (just), "results were much better than he expected".
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Fri 23rd Oct 2009 21:31 UTC
Icon"Microsoft announces another quarter of revenue declines, but results
were still stronger than expected..."
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http://www.osnews.com/story/22390/
MS_Sees_Stronger_Earnings_than_Expected_Revenue_Still_Declined