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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RTev who wrote (22336)	5/7/1999 5:27:00 PM
From: Exacctnt	Respond to of 74651

RTev, Microsoft has benefited over the years by using stock options as a hidden method of compensation. I found this piece of the article interesting. << John Pinette declined to say how much the company would earmark for higher salaries, but he noted that the figure would certainly come out in future earnings statements.>> The new compensation levels and its associated overhead will be permanent fixed costs to the company. It will be interesting to see the percentage increase in MAT (Marketing, Administrative and Technical) costs in future earnings reports. Regards, Bob