[ale] OT: if this won't make you want to puke....

[Jeff Hubbs]

Oh, and Paul Allen is trying to have a SETI radiotelescope built and
buy/maiontain a collection of WWII fighter planes.

These multimillionaires want to be so on more than just paper...

- Jeff

On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 17:58, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> My guess would be that this is being done to facilitate a round of
> acquisitions the likes of which the world has never seen.  
> 
> "And now, presenting the 2005 Microsoft 'My Corvette'..."
> 
> - Jeff
> 
> On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 15:22, Geoffrey wrote:
> > "Microsoft long had opposed calls from some shareholders to use some of 
> > its cash hoard — now $43.4 billion — to pay a dividend. But Microsoft's 
> > board unanimously decided Thursday to pay a dividend of 8 cents per 
> > share after the stock split, chief financial officer John Connors said."
> > .
> > .
> > "Microsoft chairman Bill Gates (news - web sites), who would own about 
> > 1.2 billion shares after the stock split, would receive a dividend of 
> > $99.5 million."
> > 
> > (Which is over 10% of the total dividend payout.)
> > 
> > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=528&e=1&cid=528&u=/ap/20030117/ap_on_hi_te/earns_microsoft
> > 
> > -- 
> > Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> > 
> > The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
> > Think about it...
> > 
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