np2003 - 1:53 pm on Feb 5, 2008 (gmt 0)

Wow, someone is very ANTI-microsoft around here. I hope you use Apple and stick to it for good :)

Quote> The market obviously thinks the same.
The stock is down because investors have already factored in the price paid, thus wiping out a 42/44billion market cap. This is normal whenever a company buys another company, the company being bought out rises and the company buying gets watered down.

Quote>If they are borrowing money for the purchase, how are they going to finance rewriting all the software?

They have 19B in cash reserves, and just a year ago they had over 40B in cash reserves. They make about $17 billion in profit a year, so I don't see any major issues here. In the worst case, they can issue bonds or choose other alternatives.

This is NOT going to be the end of MSFT, you can come back to this thread in 5yrs time and find it will do the opposite.

GOOG is now in deep water, for years MSFT has had their focus in other areas, this BID shows how serious they are now to go after GOOG.