nah - no pitying required :) So how would selling your MS shares after MM was acquired not be reinforcing your opinion below? You would both be voicing your disapproval to MS and be profiting from it. Seems silly as an investor to voice your opinion before hand based on internet speculation from the Register.
Adam. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:58 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > Well, welcome to America where you vote means nothing unless > there is an > amount of money tied to it. I buy stocks in companies where I > like their > business practices, think they have good products, and > approve of how they > treat their staff. > > Sometimes I loose money, often I make money. Because in the > end how you run > your business is how you wind up being treated - in this > world or the next. > > I disapprove of a lot of Microsoft's business practices, and > I think they > are an ethically bad company. They make money - yes - but > that is all they > do. > > Plus I sleep *really* well. > > ALL IMHO as it is my funny green pieces of paper that we have > put value on. > > (If you think it's all about the money - I pity you) > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 9:39 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > Why would you sell it? I'm no Wall St. slickster, but > wouldn't you make out > well if you were suddenly in possession of $54 MS stock in > exchange for your > $11 MM shares? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:32 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > > > > Ha, from the Robertson-Ravo news source :) > > > > Guess now I *don't* have to sell my Macromedia stock, whew! > > > > Rob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 9:04 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > > > > its not > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 23 December 2002 17:07 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > > > > Please tell me this isn't true. > > > > Rob > > > > http://treebeard.sourceforge.net > > http://ruinworld.sourceforge.net > > Scientia Est Potentia > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Len Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:07 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: MS CF? > > > > > > http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/28667.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm