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Each company has shown that they're willing to spend money to keep some companies away from the others. --Look at Microsoft's purchase of Skype (I'm still not
by tallanvor 15y ago
Each company has shown that they're willing to spend money to keep some companies away from the others. --Look at Microsoft's purchase of Skype (I'm still not sure why they really did that).
The one thing that Microsoft does differently is they pay dividends, which is a very clear way of providing value to stockholders. Google has never done this, and Apple hasn't done this since 1995.
- mburns 15y agoMicrosoft bought Skype because they had an excess of European profits and, instead of taking the US tax hit by bringing that money local, they spent it in Europe, by buying Skype.