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Re:Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants to buy or use its s... by hvb2 on Monday December 08, 2025 @01:42PM (#46196013)
> Microsoft is a public company. That means their primary product is not products or services, it's their stock.

Yeah that's a great business idea, ask Boeing how that's going

Re:Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants to buy or use its s... by coldpie on Monday December 08, 2025 @01:46PM (#46196065)
Current CEO:

> Boeing spent about $300,000 to help Ortberg move to Seattle. His decision comes more than two decades after Boeing leadership decided to move company headquarters out of Seattle. Ortberg received about $18 million for the months he was the CEO in 2024.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ortberg

Previous CEO:

> In 2022, Calhoun received $22.5 million from Boeing. Most of his 2022 compensation was in the form of estimated value of stock and option awards. He received the same $1.4 million salary as in 2021. ... In February 2023, Boeing awarded Calhoun an incentive of about $5.29 million in restricted stock units to "induce him to stay throughout the company's recovery". In March 2023, Boeing announced Calhoun was being given shares worth $15 million that will vest in installments over three years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Calhoun

Seems to be going all right?

Re:Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants to buy or use its s... by hvb2 on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @02:03AM (#46202070)
Not referring to the CEO. I was referring to short term stock price and shareholders being your only customers versus the people buying your product
Re:Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants to buy or use its s... by coldpie on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @07:43AM (#46204325)
Oh yeah it's absolutely terrible for the business and its customers.
Re:Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants to buy or use its s... by pjc50 on Monday December 08, 2025 @05:41PM (#46198648)
Works for Tesla, the absolute poster child for this kind of behavior. They can lose double digit percentage of market share in key places and still give the CEO a trillion dollars.