I did -- how does that differ from any sort of earth-shattering, company-crushing problem they, and every other corporation, deal with on a yearly basis? :) If you give too much credence to that sort of thing, Chicken Little, you may as well just pack it in and move to the mountains ... to summarize: same @#$%, different year. :)
From: Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu 11/9/2006 4:18 PM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: M$
Keep reading down to the risk factors......
:-)
Merry, Joel (US - Philadelphia) wrote:
> Hey Susan, not quite
sure what report you were looking at, but their
> FY06 10-K shows a net
income of $12.6B with EPS of $1.21 and cash
> dividends of $0.35/common
share ... it also shows a positive cash flow
> of $6.7B ... I'm no CPA,
but I'm pretty sure that means they won't be
> filing for bankruptcy
protection anytime soon. :) And speaking of
> AP/AR, as of that filing,
they had $2.9B outstanding in AP and $2.0B
> in AR for a net difference of
$900M ... once again, I would hardly say
> it's time to raise the red
flag... :)
>
>
>
>
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>
*From:* Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
*Sent:* Thu 11/9/2006 3:10 PM
> *To:* ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
>
*Subject:* Re: [ActiveDir] OT: M$
>
> (okay how embarrassing is it
when I meant to say "Accounts payables"
> rather than "Accounts
receivable")
>
> Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
wrote:
> > Some MVPs use that as well and when asked say they don't
realize that
> > it offends and just use it as slang. But yeah if
it's meant to imply
> > that Microsoft is rolling in dough.. folks go
grab the 10K... and stop
> > looking at the cash account only, offset
that with the accounts
> > receivable and then go read the "Risk"
analysis section of that annual
> > report. It's an interesting
read.
> >
> > I honestly get more tired of the "oh but they
have billions in the
> > bank" comments. (is that before the
liabilities or after?)
> >
> > BTW...After the Novell deal can
we start using $u$e now? :-)
> >
> > Laura A. Robinson
wrote:
> >> Just out of curiosity, what makes people think it's
appropriate to
> >> refer to Microsoft as "M$" on an MS-focused
mailing list whose
> >> participants include Microsoft employees,
Microsoft contractors,
> >> Microsoft MVPs and various other people
who may have a relatively
> >> positive view of Microsoft?
>
>>
> >> Laura
> >>
>
>>
> >>
>
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>
>> *From:*
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
*On Behalf Of
> >> *Jitendra
Kalyankar
> >> *Sent:* Thursday, November
09, 2006 10:16 AM
> >> *To:*
ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
> >> *Subject:*
Re: [ActiveDir] Beginner's Book on Scripting - WSH or
>
>> _vbscript_?
> >>
>
>> This is the link to M$ to start with...very
good info....
>
>>
>
>>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url="">
>
>>
> >>
>
>> -- Sincerely,
>
>> J
> >>
>
>> On 11/9/06, *Stu
Packett* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
wrote:
> >>
>
>> Hello everyone.
After reading through a lot of the posts on
>
>> this mailing list, I
realize I could make my job easier if I
>
>> knew how to
script. I have no experience in scripting, but
>
>> would like to know what
books do you recommend as a beginner's
>
>> book on
scripting? Also, I don't really know the difference
>
>> between WSH and
_vbscript_, so if anyone could explain that, I'd
>
>> appreciate that.
After browsing through Amazon, I saw several
>
>> books on WSH and
_vbscript_, but don't know where I should focus
>
>> on. I'm also open
to computer based training (CBT) videos of
>
>> any exist. Thanks
in advance.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
> --
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