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Microsoft Considers $10 Billion Dividend

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the money-money dept.

Dreadnougat writes "Microsoft is considering paying out a $10 billion dividend, the largest corporate payout ever. Cynics (ok, anyone reading /.) might note that Bill Gates stands to make $1.18 billion himself off the $1 a share dividend, in comparison to the $95 million he makes in a normal year off the regular 8 cents a share dividend."

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  1. Standard Procedure by Shadarr · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the main way of funnelling profits from your company account to your personal account in Railroad Tycoon.

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    Bite the hand.
  2. Instead you bought Microsoft Windows. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Guess that's the short end of the stick, huh.

  3. Re:/.-centric summary. by istartedi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Mr. Gates, please choose one of the following:

    [ ] damned if you do
    [ ] damned if you don't
    [ ] just plain damned
    [ ] all of the above
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    For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
  4. Damn it! by Kaeru+the+Frog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I have to go find my Railroad Tycoon CD. Now thanks to you, my three-day weekend has just became drastically shorter.

  5. Balance of life by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    With Windows you can get Money.

    With Linux you can get Enlightenment.

    Really.

  6. WOW by kruczkowski · · Score: 4, Funny

    So I'm going to get $1 for the one share of MSFT I own! Wow, now I only lost $24.34 to MSFT!!!

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    hmm... for fun I enjoy launching DDoS attacks against 127.87.42.5
  7. Re:/.-centric summary. by flacco · · Score: 5, Funny
    And the truth of the matter is he played by the rules and won.

    Great, I just finished a delicious Mexican dinner, and you made me projectile-vomit with that statement.

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    pr0n - keeping monitor glass spotless since 1981.
  8. Re:/.-centric summary. by faspeed · · Score: 5, Funny
    You're forgetting
    [ ] damned cowboyneal