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Re: Microsoft $20 Billion Buyback Signaled After Slump

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____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 07 August 2008 16:19 : \____

> nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>><Quote>
>> Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, whose botched
>> bid for Yahoo! Inc. helped drive the stock down 17 percent since
>> February, is about to make it up to shareholders with a buyback of as
>> much as $20 billion, according to a top-rated software analyst.
>></Quote>
>> 
>> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=alHUkojlzB0w&refer=us
> 
> The knives are out for Mr Ballmer, it would seem.   Still, a 17% fall is
> quite substantial, if you're unlucky enough to hold MS shares.  Now
> would appear to be the time to sell, as its seems unlikely that they'll
> ever rise again, and it seems almost 100% certain that MS will never
> again achieve still another global monopoly.

They'll try to get a software patent franchise. It was said a long time ago:
Microsoft is (or will try to be) the next SCP group. (google "Microsoft is the
next SCO group infoworld").

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