What is the point of having all those billions in cash on hand, and an R & D budget exceeding the market cap of many DJIA participants, if you're going to penny

What is the point of having all those billions in cash on hand, and an R & D budget exceeding the market cap of many DJIA participants, if you're going to penny pinch where it counts? http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=msft http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=msft What timeline is so important (short term) if you lose the future, period?