In article <3518924.RmqWQVNxgU@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
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> __/ [ flyer ] on Tuesday 13 March 2007 06:39 \__
>
> > Roy suggested they will sue people. I can believe that.
> >
> > It's something MS would do, being scummy bastards. They can't get money
> > for their own vista crap so why not go grab other's money. After all they
> > steal other's software, so why not grab money the same way. Sort of
> > continue the successful action.
> >
> > I doubt their attempts to patent "Using Computer On Planet" will fly
> > well. Cavemen used to count sticks and bones after all.
> >
> > They could do some more lies with their stock and make it LOOK like they
> > have money and that could buy them a few months of life.
> >
> > I really wonder what they are going to do.
>
> Never mind the stock. They have deep pockets, so they can keep up appearance
> for quite some time (see below). But when the products are prone to error
> (e.g. Vista's lack of backward compatibility, drivers, bugs, OneCare
> deleting people's E-mails) _and_ sell rather poorly, people will get the
> message, even investors. Microsoft can buy its own stock for eternity, but
> it's akin to a child that's playing with him/helself. Teh lockins are
> getting rusty (many importers have become available), so there's a lot of
> market share to grab.
>
So buying their own stock for a while would create sort of an internal
whirlwind with its own inertia.
But with confidence diminishing and other companies displacing MS in
every venue...poof, there goes the new energy.
How long can THAT last. At least years I suppose.
> ___
> A Dozen Stocks For '07
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Millen also thinks $36 billion in planned share buybacks
> | will help the (MSFT) stock.
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> http://www.forbes.com/2006/12/05/stocks-markets-investing-pf-ii-cz_ag_1205stockpicks.html?partner=yahootix
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> Microsoft counts on Vista to recharge stagnant stock
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | There was a time in the 1990s when shares of Microsoft stock seemed to
> | double every couple of years. 1996: college for the kids. 1998: a place
> | on Whidbey. 1999: early retirement.
> |
> | Times have changed.
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> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003437957_vista19.html
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> That was /before/ Vista was released.
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