__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Thursday 17 May 2007 15:25 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Thu, 17 May 2007 09:24:23 +0100
> <1566895.yaEDRMqVUo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Thursday 17 May 2007 07:58 \__
>>
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Jerry McBride spake thusly:
>>>
>>>> I'd love to see the "wizard behind the curtans" get exposed in court for
>>>> the buffoon it really us. Microsoft has pulled the stings behind the
>>>> scenes and in doing so killed so many good software projects and
>>>> businesses.
>>>>
>>>> Please, Microsoft, make my day. I'd love to see you beat, totally ripped
>>>> in court...
>>>
>>> What? Again?
>>>
>>> http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=2005010107100653
>>
>> Some months ago, for response to Nick Ballard, I created this little
>> modified image, which was the SCOX page with MSFT listicked on it. In
>> restrospect, this was somewhat prophetic.
>>
>> http://www.schestowitz.com/Amusement/images/msft.png
>>
>
> Heh. What is Ballmer doing, handwaving? :-) Also, I believe $1/share
> is the delisting threshold, though there is a grace period IINM.
>
> Note that MSFT is at 31.06, up from 22.73 or so 1 year ago. It'll
> take some doing to bring them down to 0.93... :-/
Buybacks don't last forever. IBM has begun with them as well (maybe the east
puts them under pressure). Sun considers 3 billion dollar worth of buybacks.
Microsoft began its buybacks last year and in the past 2 years it has lost
over half of its cash reserves. It's a quiet crisis. Old school companies
with old business models are living off their savings now. Whose pocket is
deepest? Sun goes open source and IBM support Linux at some level of
capacity. With kickbacks, possible fraud, and financial 'errors' Dell might
be kaput. Within years, maybe Linux will save it (differentiating factors),
but other OEMs will follow suit and hop on any wave they see.
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