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Microsoft Corp. on Thursday reported that its revenue in the most recent quarter rose about 6 percent year-on-year as demand for the software giant's Windows 7 operating system remained strong.

For the quarter ended on March 31, Microsoft posted a revenue of 14.5 billion U.S. dollars, compared with 13.64 billion dollars in the same period a year earlier.

Profit jumped to 4.01 billion dollars or 45 cents a share, representing increases of 35 percent and 36 percent respectively from the year-ago quarter.

According to Microsoft, its Windows business revenue was up 28 percent in the quarter, driven by continuing strong demand for Windows 7, which was released in October in 2009.