From: "Geo" 

Right, it had nothing to do with word about their new copy protection up
your ass attitude spreading across the internet..

Geo.

"Phil Payne"  wrote in
message news:445326aa{at}w3....
>
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002960434_microsoft29
.html
>
> "Microsoft's stock took its biggest one-day fall in more than five years
> Friday, shaving about $32 billion off the company's market value.
>
> That's enough to buy Starbucks, with plenty left over to treat everyone in
> China to a tall cafe Americano. Or maybe buy Costco and Getty Images and
get
> back about $2 billion in pocket change.
>
> It's almost as much as the United States spends every three months in Iraq
> and Afghanistan."
>
> Yup.  Google owns the desktop.  The way Google's Calendar rolled out has
> everyone frightened about Microsoft.
>
> --
>   Phil Payne
>   http://www.isham-research.co.uk
>   +44 7833 654 800
>
>

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