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Microsoft exec sees lower margins from "cloud"

PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's chief software architect said on Thursday the profit margins on providing online services -- broadly known as cloud computing -- would likely yield a lower profit margin than the company's existing software business.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?a=A5c8iLnpm5A:aXD7shF9pLQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?a=A5c8iLnpm5A:aXD7shF9pLQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?i=A5c8iLnpm5A:aXD7shF9pLQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?a=A5c8iLnpm5A:aXD7shF9pLQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?i=A5c8iLnpm5A:aXD7shF9pLQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Reuters/InternetNews/~4/A5c8iLnpm5A" height="1" width="1"/>