Discussing a Private Buyout of Microsoft 315
PatriceVignon writes "Are private buyout companies setting their eyes on Microsoft? The Financial Times claims exactly that in an article called 'Private equity folk could do wonders with Microsoft', as ZDnet reports: 'Consider Microsoft, which has a balance sheet so inefficient that it would make a private equity investor weep ... The new management could take the axe to Microsoft's $6.6bn of wasteful research and development expenditure. The bloated workforce of more than 60,000 could be slashed, to the point where the huge resulting increase in cash flow would at last permit the company to borrow mega-billions.' Business Week, though, begs to differ: 'practically speaking, it's not going to happen,' and quotes Daniel Primack: 'Snakes on a Plane will win a best picture Oscar before Microsoft gets acquired by LBO firms.' What do you think?"
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(The funny thing is, I can easily imagine him delivering this diatribe as he swings a chair menacingly...) ^_^
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"...tak[ing] the axe to Microsoft..."
is a good start.
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Thank you for your timely suggestion regarding the future fate of Microsoft. Based on your idea, we have calculated that maximal profits over the next 10-year period can be achieved by doing exactly as you suggest.
And of course, even that is considered long-term planning in today's corporate world.
Sincerely, Preston Winfield
CEO, AAA LBO Company #2
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Re:Come on! 10X Bigger than the Biggest Ever? (Score:5, Funny)
And if you did want such a thing, you would have bought a Mac two years ago.
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