Interesting that historically Microsoft stock apparently outperformed Apple!
Fortune Magazine: The problem with Microsoft...
Apparently Microsoft's recent "steady" state of business based mostly on Windows and Office brands is producing a lot of money, but not a lot of investor's enthusiasm...
Zazzle solution: Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers
But developers make bugs... or do they?
"My software never has bugs... it just develops random features!"
Fortune, again: Let's give Steve Ballmer some credit
Forbes: "[Microsoft] forgets we are not 'eyeballs,' we are people. We aren't talking about column inches or gross rating points. We're talking about our reputations and the risks--privacy issues aside--of their inflation and potential devaluation. Even if Facebook could take that valuation and compensate us $15 billion for the use of our reputations, we would have to split that among 58 million other people. That's $258.62 per person. Are your friends and your reputation for sale for $258.62? We thought not. Facebook isn't worth $15 billion, either."
Well, it now seems the criticism was way off base.
Not only did the deal help Microsoft best Google for an ad revenue-sharing agreement with Facebook (i.e., strategic value), but the price seems like a bargain in light of Goldman Sachs agreeing to invest at a $50 billion valuation (i.e., financial value).
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