__/ [ John Bailo ] on Friday 04 May 2007 09:32 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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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.
>> `----
>
> Sort of like burning the mansion's furniture for firewood.
We've always argued that one day Microsoft would live off its pockets rather
than feed its pockets. These days are not now... they began some time ago,
under everybody's noses. Huge losses in many departments (enough to starve
them if they were independent) and the cash cows have no future hopes, not
even in the short(ish) term.
Propaganda is expensive. Microsoft can carry on burning money on FUD,
'influencing' journalists, and messing about with politics. Money is being
burned, not earned.
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