Bill Gates on track to own no Microsoft stock in four years

Re:Bill Gates on track to own no Microsoft stock in four years by higherpurpose on Saturday May 03, 2014 @09:41AM (#7690697)

Maybe he doesn't think Microsoft will do very well in the future, something I also believe. Both Windows and Office will become almost completely commoditized in the future, by Android and iOS. This has already started with Microsoft starting to offer free versions of Windows for some type of devices, on which they make no money. It's just a matter of time before this happens to most of their market segments (except enterprise, where I expect them to keep selling Office and Windows for quite a while).

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Re:Bill Gates on track to own no Microsoft stock in four years by fozzieBoston on Saturday May 03, 2014 @09:49AM (#7690721)

Microsoft's revenue and net income has been growing over the past years, so while the media is happy to declare it dead, it is still in a good, health position.

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Re:Bill Gates on track to own no Microsoft stock in four years by sjwright on Saturday May 03, 2014 @09:46AM (#7690714)

Or maybe because he doesn't expect doctors fighting malaria to receive their paycheck through NASDAQ.

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Re:Bill Gates on track to own no Microsoft stock in four years by mertd on Saturday May 03, 2014 @10:39AM (#7690948)

If he were to invest his entire net worth on SP500, he would own about 45M shares of MSFT. So, relatively, he still has a lot of MSFT.

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