Standing In the Shade of Success.

[Spartacus]

Re: Standing In the Shade of Success.

they would & they did.

Those companies began, and took to heights never imagined, the crooked (and technically "illegal", but somehow "overlooked by regulators") accounting of stock options.

I forget specifics, but do remember that Ballmer also found ways to make sure all MS options vested in the money.

imagine it's 2001 and the collapse is in the high tech industry.

cisco, microsoft & google all have to be bailed out by the government to stay in business... or the economy will collapse! millions will be laid off!

anyone think chambers, ballmer & schmidt will accept millions in bonuses and allow employees to earn millions in bonuses 9 months later?

gimme a ******* break.

only the fire econ boyz have the balls for that shit.

After the antitrust "loss", MS started a pretty huge lobbying arm. Why do you think that eventually, MS paid next to zero penalty in the US.

And continues, undeterred, its illegal shenanigans, this time strong-arming manufacturers (denying them windows licenses) if the manufacturer pushes Linux.