Microsoft exceeds profit expectations and issues bright forecast

It may just be me and usually is, but does this excerpt make any fucking sense to you? It says "unlike" and "also"?

Unlike Intel and Apple, Microsoft also delivered an optimistic outlook, suggesting that a weakening economy would not slow it down.

Help me here. My head is about to explode.

BTW, that picture epitomizes GEEK.

Let me be clear here. GEEK is not a put down. I'm one.

Via newstin.