__/ [ Linuxiac ] on Friday 27 April 2007 01:15 \__
> Wow, this bypassed all the pallets of returned Vista computers on the
> docks of the customer service sections at Best Buy, CompUSA, Sam's,
> Costco, etc.
>
> But, that was the first and second week of release. Now, it has slowed
> to nothing, because nobody's buying.
It looks very encouraging on the surface, but the money is coming from
/somewhere/. The company has lost over half of its cash reserves in just 2
years.
Software Notebook: Microsoft's cash pile isn't what it used to be
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| But Microsoft has taken a series of steps to reduce its cash
| balance. Specifically, by Microsoft's count, the company has
| paid out nearly $100 billion through dividends and repurchasing
| its own stock in the past five years.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/309852_software02.html
Riddle me this, Larry, you're off my twitlist.
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