To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (5088 ) 6/18/2001 3:18:10 PM From: Maurice Winn Respond to dj I read Bill Parish's "Microsoft Financial Pyramid". I think he's up a gum tree. He's also dishonest, which to me is a major indicator of lack of credibility. But even if I believe him, I read what he says Microsoft is doing and I say "So?" Bill Gates has publicly said that this is his favorite publication on finance and economics. It is also generally believed to be the leading such publication in the world. In an 8/7/99 cover story, The Economist noted that a proper accounting at Microsoft would result in a loss of $18 billion for 1998 rather than the reported earnings of $4.5 billion. If you are not an accountant, don't waste the time pretending you are, trust The Economist, the earnings are not real. Don't let yourself be intimidated or deceived by financial analysts, TV commentators, bullies on Internet forums or Microsoft's elaborate public relations campaign. Bill Gates trusts The Economist and you should too . Abbey Joseph Cohen and Rick Sherlund of Goldman Sachs have been sent this material numerous times over a 9 month period and neither has publicly divulged this situation.publicly divulge this situation >.
