Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and (NASDAQ: MSFT) are both blue-chip technology stocks that usually generate stable returns for long-term investors. But over the past three years, Cisco's stock has only risen 3% as Microsoft's stock soared 240%.

Cisco's networking business churned out slow and steady growth, but Microsoft grew faster as its cloud-based services expanded. Will Microsoft continue to outperform Cisco for the foreseeable future?

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