They *used* to have that much. It's down to like 35 billion or so (yup thats like half) http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=MSFT
Looks like thier cash is going the way of IE usage :) Not that I would mind 30 billion in the bank... On 4/29/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205081 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
