After takin' a swig o' grog, Ian Hilliard belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>> http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080922/microsoft_buyback.html
>
> I wonder if this is so that the Bill, Steve and co. can get more money as
> they sell off their stake in Microsoft. Given the level of effort that
> Microsoft is displaying in keeping OSS movement in check, one has to wonder
> if they know something that they won't admit to.
>
> Perhaps the top bosses just want to get a good stake to buy into other
> companies.
Well, they're hiding it from Moody's, then:
On Monday, Moody's Investors service assigned an "Aaa" senior
unsecured debt rating to Microsoft, with a stable outlook. The
ratings agency said this reflects the company's "position as the
world's largest software company with a strong and defensible market
position throughout its diverse core offerings."
Microsoft also said it received a "AAA" corporate credit rating from
Standard & Poor's Rating Services.
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The evolution of the human race will not be accomplished in the ten thousand
years of tame animals, but in the million years of wild animals, because man
is and will always be a wild animal.
-- Charles Galton Darwin
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