Microsoft yesterday reported that second-quarter revenue for its More Personal Computing division was down 4% even though Windows revenue was up over the prior year.

Analysts on the company’s earnings call Tuesday didn’t seem to care: None of those who questioned CEO Satya Nadella or CFO Amy Hood bothered to ask about the division, Windows, or the Surface hardware — much less about the plummeting revenue of the nearly-abandoned mobile handset strategy.

More Personal Computing (MPC) — one of three financial reporting groups — booked revenue of $8.9 billion, off from last year’s $9.2 billion. It was a return for MPC to the negative after the March quarter’s revenue climbed 1%.

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Source: COMPUTER WORLD