Interview: Krishnan Srinivasan

Despite everything, it's been a remarkably good year for Microsoft. The threat of a mandated break-up, or at least of a damaging legal settlement, has almost entirely dissipated. Microsoft leads a handful of US tech companies that continue to thrive amid the slump that has whittled the earnings of their oh-so-distant rivals, while delivering both a top and bottom line that outstrips the Nasdaq Composite Index.More recently, the company again made headlines by announcing a momentous dividend