Comments on: Watching the economy collapse in real-time http://thethriftygeek.com/2009/01/watching-the-economy-collapse-in-real-time/ Tech toys and gadgets for a tough economy Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:33:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David Smith http://thethriftygeek.com/2009/01/watching-the-economy-collapse-in-real-time/comment-page-1/#comment-54 David Smith Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:28:06 +0000 http://thethriftygeek.com/?p=150#comment-54 As for Microsoft, it may be that they noticed that not that long ago, they had 3x the cash - $60B - and they may have decided that they've been playing the wrong game for a few years. As you say, a recession is a great excuse. esr has commented on this at length at his blog: http://esr.ibiblio.org/ As for Microsoft, it may be that they noticed that not that long ago, they had 3x the cash – $60B – and they may have decided that they’ve been playing the wrong game for a few years. As you say, a recession is a great excuse.

esr has commented on this at length at his blog:
http://esr.ibiblio.org/

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