waterskidoo <water.skidoo@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 2007-07-19, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> ____/ Dr. McGillicudy on Thursday 19 July 2007 15:06 : \____
>>
>>> Yet the lintards here keep saying how lienux is destroying Microsoft, how
>>> it's putting them out of business and all that jazz.
>>>
>>> Looks to me like things are better than ever in Seattle where the king of
>>> software continues to thrive, grow and dominate the computing world.
>>
>> Nymshifing. *plonk*
>>
>> Microsoft is among the biggest buyback-ers in the world. It's pumping up its
>> own stock at the expense of the loot... errr... cash reserves, I mean. Lost
>> over half of the cash reserves in the past 2 years alone. Won't last forever
>> with Web services around (notably Google) and Linux that forces them to
>> encourage/let be Office/Windows piracy.
>
> I don't follow the stock market but a little common sense WRT Microsoft's
> stock price increasing leads one in the direction of,'WTF?' for lack
> of a better term.
> Xbox360 disaster.
Who on earth told you that?
> Vista a slow roller at the moment, especially for upgrades and shrink wrap.
> All the bad press.
> Something does not smell right.
>
> I do know that whenever IBM announces layoffs the stock price goes up,
> traditionally anyhow, but Microsoft seems to be doing everything
> wrong and the stock soars.
> Something is rotten in Redmond me thinks.
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