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To: JDN who wrote (67194)10/22/1998 6:55:00 PM
From: DownSouth  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 186894
 
JDN,
Another thing that stock options do for a company is allow the company to attract good employees at lower salaries. Microsoft field support and sales have significantly lower salary and commission structures than, say, Sun reps.



To: JDN who wrote (67194)10/22/1998 7:21:00 PM
From: Paul Engel  Respond to of 186894
 
JDN - Re: "I read somewhere that a great many MSFT employees are
millionaires due to their stock options. I wonder if they REALLY contribute that much toward the success of the company. "

Take away their stock and stock options and you will find out.

Paul


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