Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> The Broken Dynasty
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> | Microsoft and Oracle are big companies. Oracle is currently worth
> | $95 billion, and Microsoft is worth $270 billion. In 2000, they were
> | even bigger. Oracle was valued close to $200 billion and Microsoft at
> | more than $500 billion.
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> http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2006/commentary06092306.htm?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y
> http://tinyurl.com/gw4jg
As clueless as ever. Comparing peak "dot-com" valuations to current
valuations and trying to extraplolate some meaning from this. Okay...
I'll play.
Cisco System (CSCO)
2000 = $472 Billion
2006 = $139 Billion
70.4% Decline
Novell (NOVL)
2000 = $13.5 Billion
2006 = $2.1 Billion
84.4% Decline
Sun Micro (SUNW)
2000 = $223 Billion
2006 = $17.6 Billion
92.1% Decline
VA Linux (LNUX)
2000 = $13.1 Billion
2006 = $0.25 Billion
98.1% Decline
Fact is that MSFT and ORCL have held up *MUCH* better than these
companies.
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