Here's one particularly awkward exchange between Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and RBC Capital Markets Analyst Robert Breza during Thursday's Microsoft earnings call.

Analyst: Hi. Thanks for taking my question. Maybe Steve, can you talk about as you look at the portfolio of businesses you have and obviously if you go through this economy the way it is, I mean when or if do you think you and the Board would take action to review your portfolio and make a strategic decision to possibly divest off certain assets or technologies, any color around the strategy in particular would be helpful? Thanks.

Ballmer: I like our portfolio.

Analyst: Okay.

Ballmer: The Board likes our portfolio.

Bill Koefoed: Operator, next question, and this will be our last question.

(There were awkward pauses throughout)

In any case, Microsoft is eliminating some parts of its porfolio, as part of the cost-cutting measures announced Thursday. The company said today that it was closing Aces Studio, which was responsible for both the Flight Simulator and Train Simulator games.

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