With those two (Windows and Office natch) cash cows a sufficiently tech-savvy bonobo could CEO Microsoft and turn a profit each and every quarter. Heck, even I

With those two (Windows and Office natch) cash cows a sufficiently tech-savvy bonobo could CEO Microsoft and turn a profit each and every quarter. Heck, even I could. Sure you could. Even Apple and Jobs were lucky to beat you to the punch with the iPhone. Because Microsoft designed Windows and Office once, they have no competitors and are still selling the original product. No upgrade cycles, licensing decisions, dealing with the DOJ, EU etc, no competitors like Oracle, SAP, IBM, Google, Apple and you name it. It's really easy. Only a moron ignores Microsoft. They pay ~3+% a year in dividend, invest billions in R&D + new companies and still have some $60 Billion in cash. They are really struggling, as you can see http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=MSFT+Key+Statistics http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=MSFT+Key+Statistics. The stock for large caps goes back and forth, and the stock price upside is more or less limited by the their huge market cap.