[Am-info] MS bad day

[Erick Andrews]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 18:13:26 -0400, John J. Urbaniak wrote:

>I don't think Mr. Gates had a good day today.
>
>Stock down $2.30, to a level significantly *below* the price it was a
>year ago.
>
>All the financial gurus are commenting about how poor MS performance was
>this quarter.
>
>And the Europeans are not about to give them such a sweetheart deal like
>the US Gov't did.
>
>So, I wonder how all those Microsoft employees are relishing their
>"restricted stock" that Gates pays them instead of real money.  He took
>away their options when they became worthless and gave them bogus stock
>instead.
>
>But that's OK.  Mr. Gates cashed out much of his MSFT stock over the
>years.  So did Ballmer.
>
>What a guy!  What a pair of guys!
>
>I predict - we're going to see some real juvenile behavior from Baby
>Gates over the next few months.  Ballmer always behaves like an idiot.
>
>John

Sounds like The Cookie Jar is getting empty.

Erick