Microsoft has $61 billion in cash. Not stock. Not valuation. Not borrowed money. Cash. They have to spend it on something. Given the way they have benefited from the PC revolution and their serendipitous rise to domninance, they should sponsor every computing event everywhere in the world, both to give back to the community and to give themselves every opportunity to understand where the industry is going.
>Rob wrote: >I went to the Microsoft booth at Linux World because I felt bad for >the poor guys standing there. I saw them an networld+interop, and I >think I saw them at Mac World too. The point is, good or bad, they go >to (and by that I mean sponsor) almost anything they can - even if it >has little to do with them they find a way to show up so that's not >too surprising. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205042 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
