Tag: microsoft

Godly Activist Investors

A conservative Christian pastor is urging followers to load up on Microsoft stock, to force the company to “stop financing ungodly ventures.” “We’re not trying to hurt Microsoft or their shareholders, nor are we calling for a boycott of their products. We are trying to get Christians to buy their shares.” It’s unclear what effect, if any, the initiative could have on the stock price. It would be difficult to influence company direction — just to gain a 1% stake in Microsoft, 31m people would each have to spend $104 to buy 3 shares. Microsoft has 9.36b outstanding shares, and its largest holder is Chairman Bill Gates, with 858m shares, or 9%. Capital Research and Management Co. follows with 6%.

thump the bible too much and you fail at basic math like this guy

Google vs Microsoft

The fact that Google is having problems retaining employees isn’t news, Fortune wrote an article about it just a few months ago. The technology press makes it seem like people are ditching Google for hot startups like FriendFeed and Facebook. However the truth is more nuanced than that. Now that Google is just another big software company, lots of people are comparing it to other big software companies like Microsoft and finding it lacking.

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