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Re: [News] [Rival] Claimed 'Profits' Do Not Tell Microsoft's True Story

Mustafa Korn wrote:

> 
> "Jerry McBride" <jmcbride@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:8h0h75xvef.ln2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Uh oh!
>>>
>>> Was Vista a disaster for Microsoft?
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Recently Microsoft posted their profits for 2007. Despite Vista being
>>> | one of the worst disasters to hit the computer systems markets since
>>> | Windows ME, Microsoft seemed to come out way ahead... or did they?
>>> |
>>> | Profits don't always tell the full story about how a company performs,
>>> | and I'm not talking about Enron. The case in point is to be found in
>>> | both K-mart and Disney Corporation. If your primary source of news is
>>> | ABC, CNN, Reuters, Associated Press, NBC, CBS, or such, you may not
>>> have
>>> | been aware that both K-mart and Disney corporation were under boycott
>>> | from conservative groups led by the likes of Focus on the Family for
>>> | years. In fact, if you listed to the liberal media, you probably
>>> thought
>>> | that K-Mart's retail problems in past years were due to anything else
>>> | other than a boycott.
>>> |
>>> | [...]
>>
>> I did some reading about this and I'm quite surprised how far bug
>> business
>> will go to spite themselves in the name of political correctness.
> 
> 
>> If I was
>> an investor in those businesses I would be worried about where my money
>> was
>> being spent and what R.O.I. I was getting in the exchange.
> 
> If you have a 401K, IRA or mutual fund then you most likely are a indirect
> investor in Microsoft.
> 

Possibly, however not all financial institutions invest in msft... if they
did the price would be much higher. I make no deliberate decision to buy it
and make every effort not to. 
 

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Jerry McBride (jmcbride@xxxxxxxxxx)

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