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I'll tell you: Selling lots of stock is how M$ pays it's employees. In a sense, you are paying for them if you own their stock. They give the employees stock, which gets sold on the market. Kind of like how the Federal Reserve is printing up money. Problem is it results in dillution of shares, which will lower the price. So the investors are getting screwed, and M$ doesn't have to pay their staff. In theory, you could run a whole company that way, but only if the investors are so stupid as to go for it. As for me, I don't own any MicroTrash stock.




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Buying back stock  AbsolutelyNot | 07/20/04
Buy back?  rapson | 07/20/04
Yep!  AbsolutelyNot | 07/20/04
TechDiva...you're clueless  marksashton | 07/20/04
Thank you for straightening that out for her.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/21/04
Almost  Patrick Jones | 07/21/04
Microsoft  Enterprise. Analyst | 07/20/04
Pzzzzzt!  AbsolutelyNot | 07/20/04
Company is still growing at amazing rates..  Mike Cox | 07/20/04
Now I know you are missing a few cards from the deck - only a 4 this time  AbsolutelyNot | 07/20/04
If Mike was for real...  bchesmer | 07/21/04
Mikey my ex-wife still wants to have your baby  Squawkbox | 07/20/04
Only a 4 on this one Mike  bchesmer | 07/21/04
Ahh..you went overboard on this one.  DigitalKid | 07/21/04
Expedia?  tic swayback | 07/21/04
Put it into rewriting hteir O.S.  JimmyJames | 07/20/04
Microsoft to pay out billions to shareholders  B.O.F.H. | 07/20/04
First split then buy back stock?  Anton Philidor | 07/20/04
The big picture & long hall...  bchesmer | 07/21/04
10 years from now in the computer industry?  Anton Philidor | 07/21/04
A big challenge  tic swayback | 07/21/04
No interface; think interaction  Anton Philidor | 07/21/04
Make you post about Apple and I'd believe it...  middle of nowhere | 07/21/04
Apple might get there first, yes.  Anton Philidor | 07/21/04
Other ways to simplification  tic swayback | 07/21/04
All things to all people  Anton Philidor | 07/21/04
stock movements  eLurker | 07/21/04
So they wanted to be a $30 stock...  Anton Philidor | 07/21/04
You are missing the part  amicus_curious | 07/21/04
Clarification, please.  Anton Philidor | 07/21/04
Since you don't know  lengua99 | 07/22/04
To cover their tracks  lengua99 | 07/22/04
Oh yeah, life is GOOD....  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/21/04
Al Capone would be proud!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 07/21/04
Dumb.  JustMe99_z | 07/21/04
Actually, Bill G. is the largest philanthropist in history.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/21/04
Not sure on this  tic swayback | 07/21/04
Plus...  rapson | 07/21/04
TalkBack: Reply to message Thank you for participating in the ZDN  meetoo | 07/21/04
Giving away ill-gotten gain nothing to crow about...  MacCanuck | 07/21/04
NEWS FLASH: MS users support third...  JimmyJames | 07/21/04
Assumptions...  JustMe99_z | 07/21/04
If I had his money, I'd be the largest  middle of nowhere | 07/21/04
Philanthropist  meetoo | 07/21/04
hey bit  meetoo | 07/21/04
NWOR  meetoo | 07/21/04
and note  meetoo | 07/21/04
I'd be more convinced  johnnyu | 07/22/04
nemissis  meetoo | 07/21/04
If you can't get loyalty with good products--  Userama | 07/22/04
while cutting pay, benefits...  Professor8 | 07/22/04
?SHARE WEALTH ? NO WAY !!!!!HERE'S WHY !!!!  lawrephord902 | 07/30/04

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