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To: Jeff Hayden who wrote (45993)	7/15/2005 7:36:33 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 213182

>>Apple has a good-sized horde of cash. But they don't seem to need it to innovate.<< Jeff - Yes, they seem to be able to innovate while continuing to increase their cash. Interestingly, Apple now has about the same amount of cash and short-term investments as Dell reported at the end of their last quarter. Yet Dell, as great a company as it is, is not a hotbed of innovation. I think there is no correlation at all between money and innovation, although having a bunch of money helps a company bring their innovative ideas to market more quickly. - Allen

To: Jeff Hayden who wrote (45993)	7/15/2005 8:02:17 PM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

It's odd. Apple has a good-sized horde of cash That is exactly my point,Do they? Remember you need to be looking out a few years. Their Next investment many years ago might have seemed questionable then. It has generally worked for MSFT of course with many questionable moves.

To: Jeff Hayden who wrote (45993)	7/30/2005 12:57:27 AM
From: Don Green	Respond to of 213182

Microsoft Plans To Step Up Pace Of Acquisitions By ROBERT A. GUTH Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL July 29, 2005; Page B4 Microsoft Corp. will find growth from a broad range of new products over the next two years while increasing its pace of acquisitions, company executives told a meeting of Wall Street analysts. The company also is bullish on the growth potential of software services that are delivered over the Internet, said Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer in a presentation at Microsoft's annual meeting with financial analysts. Those services, which would include Internet search and security capabilities Microsoft gained through its recent acquisition of FrontBridge Technologies Inc., are a "job-one priority" at Microsoft, he said. The Redmond, Wash., software maker expects to acquire companies in the price range of $300 million to $500 million and may buy some in the $1 billion to $2 billion range. The company continues to hold about $30 billion in cash that could be used to buy software companies online.wsj.com