By Dan Frommer. From the 
archives.
Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 8:17 pm.
Apple made more profit than Microsoft over the past year
Microsoft touted $23.15 billion in net income for the year. Apple only passed Microsoft in profit last quarter, the final financial piece to fall. Still, amazingly, Apple holds the yearly edge there too. $23.61 billion.
Given their trajectories, this isn’t surprising. But given their history, it’s crazy.
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