__/ [ cc ] on Sunday 05 November 2006 18:53 \__
>
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Sunday 05 November 2006 04:53 \__
>>
>> > begin oe_protect.scr
>> > Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> >> Goldman Sachs software analyst Sherlund leaving
>> >>
>> >> ,----[ Quote ]
>> >>| Sherlund started covering Microsoft in 1986, the year it went public,
>> >>| and became well known on Wall Street for tracking its growth from
>> >>| start-up to 800-pound gorilla of software.
>> >>|
>> >>| [...]
>> >>|
>> >>| The slew of companies competing with Microsoft has of course grown
>> >>| over the years, and now includes Yahoo, Oracle,IBM and Novell.
>> >>|
>> >>| Linux to work with Windows
>> >> `----
>> >>
>> >> http://biz.yahoo.com/cnnm/061104/110406_goldman_sherlund.html?.v=1
>> >>
>> >> Perhaps Sherlund too, much like Allchin and Gates, can sense the
>> >> beginning of the end, so he decides to depart at the heights, just
>> >> before the demoralising decline.
>> >
>> > I think that everyone can see that it's all over.
>>
>> Hey, Mark, watch that shareholder (and former Microsoft employee) getting
>> all sweaty. Maybe it's time to return him to that sack (killfile). This
>> way I won't hear him yelling again...
>>
>> Also notice that he only ever squeaks when people talk about money and
>> stocks. Greedy man with a particular money-driven mission down in
>> c.o.l.a...
>>
>> Granted, he's lucky that Microsoft has been pumping money into the stock
>> to artificially stabilise its worth. Only in America (and selectively
>> elsewhere) can this game of gambling and pretence endure. For what it's
>> worth, my family had investments too and it can attest to how corrupt and
>> ridiculous the market is. At the moment, even Windows zombies are used to
>> manipulate the market.
>
> First, a company buying back shares is nothing new, so I don't know why
> you're getting all upset of MS doing this. 2nd, how are Windows zombies
> being used to manipulate the market? Please enlighten me.
Let's let studies do the talk. Loose arguments may seem subjective and
opinionated.
Spammers manipulate stock markets
,----[ Quote ]
| The researchers say that approximately 730 million spam e-mails are
| sent every week, 15% of which tout stocks. Other estimates of spam
| volumes are far higher.
`----
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5284618.stm
,----[ Quote ]
| Four-fifths of spam now emanates from computers
| contaminated with Trojan horse infections,
| according to a study by network management
| firm Sandvine out this week. Trojans and worms
| with backdoor components such as Migmaf and
| SoBig have turned infected Windows PCs into
| drones in vast networks of compromised zombie PCs.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/04/trojan_spam_study/
Over 90% of email is spam, says Spamhaus founder
,----[ Quote ]
| "If we were to turn our service off one
| day then the spam levels on the internet
| would literally bring the internet email
| system down," he said.
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http://legalit.itproportal.com/?p=299
More than 95% of e-mail is 'junk'
,----[ Quote ]
| More than 95% of e-mail is junk, be it spam, error messages or
| viruses, report mail monitoring firms.
|
| [...]
|
| Further work has shown that most of this junk mail is originating
| on hijacked home computers.
|
| E-mail security firm Return Path said 99% of the computers it monitors
| that send mail have been taken over by spammers or virus writers.
`----
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5219554.stm
,----[ Quote ]
| Nearly all of the Internet-connected computers that send e-mail
| are controlled by spammers, according to companies that track
| e-mail reputations.
`----
http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6098447.html?part=rss&tag=6098447&subj=news
I have more proof (input) which I would be happy to append.
As for Microsoft, I only strive to stress that the value of MSFT is
indicative of nothing.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060824/sfth026.html?.v=74
Quote: "Company (Microsoft) Repurchases $3.8 Billion of Its Common Stock"
Best wishes,
Roy
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