Just good business (Score 1)

If these guys still took a large paycheck they would be dumping 50% of that cash into nifty government projects like missle defence and the war in iraq instead of into their business. Since they offer a really nice stock plan to all employees and the stock is doing well they are basically reinvesting in their business through a nice tax loophole. It also gets one of the average 2 - 3 weekly obligatory google media mentions out of the way without launching a new product. :)