5,000 jobs to go at Microsoft

Link to article at Channel 4

Last Modified: 22 Jan 2009
By: Benjamin Cohen

They are the first cuts in the firm's history. More4 News asks is the writing on the wall for the Windows model?

Microsoft has announced the first job cuts in its 34 year history. 5,000 staff are to go worldwide after sales of its operating systems and office suites have plummeted. Shares in the company have fallen to the lowest level in 11 years.

The company blames the economy for falling sales but is that all there is to it?

Our technology Correspondent Benjamin Cohen explains.