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> Geeze, you think people are figuring out what a heaping pile of "fertilizer"
> Vista ME really is?
Had Microsoft not bought its own stock, it would probably be in its mid-teens
right now.
Eight Years of Wrongness
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| That performance record would be embarrassing enough on its own, but it comes
| in spite of going through an unprecedented amount of our cash on buybacks
| (nearly $43 billion worth in just the past three fiscal years) and other
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| schemes that were supposed to drive the stock.
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| Some readers may be surprised that I was initially a Ballmer supporter.
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http://msftextrememakeover.blogspot.com/2008/06/eight-years-of-wrongness.html
The value of the company declines very fast and they have just taken the
curtains off some program that shows how desperate they are to beat SaaS,
Google included.
Is Microsoft Aura Fading?
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| Yesterday's early relief rally reversed, and Microsoft's value has now fallen
| by more than $30 billion since it unveiled its bid for Yahoo on February 1.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121004447596669953.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
A world with a weak Microsoft is a world with fewer attacks on Linux and Free
software. Good times are ahead.
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~~ Best of wishes
Roy S. Schestowitz | Linux: most popular O/S, yet not most widespread
http://Schestowitz.com | GNU is Not UNIX | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
roy pts/1 cg093a.halls.man Wed Jul 2 23:08 - 01:32 (02:23)
http://iuron.com - proposing a non-profit search engine
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