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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Michael Bakunin who wrote (51515)	3/11/1999 8:01:00 PM
From: cfimx	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

>>Where did you get the idea that this decreases shares outstanding? It is by diluting existing shareholders that these "free" options exact their cost. << what I meant was when you run the $1.6 b through the income statement, you pay that out as cash and don't issue the stock. No dilution. I think it's called phantom stock. Let the employees buy it on the open market. If msft did this, they would still have 33% EBIT and LESS shares out. Forgive me, but I am not convinced that this is a disaster in the making.