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Originally posted by jujueye
factoid.
I'll bet you saw this on fark? I did.
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Actually, slashdot
Anyway, yes, it is fairly regular for them to sell off their stock. Gates has sold off nearly 80% of his stock in recent years.
Who better to know what direction a company's stock is going than the C*O's
As one person said on slashdot,
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Gates and Ballmer constantly sell shares, ironically at a higher rate since the stock collapse (MSFT used to cost 120$, now it's 50$ (or 25$ after the split)
Microsoft executives know that Microsoft has a lot to lose and not much to gain. The only market where they are strong (the desktop) they have no room to grow, everywhere else they are losing (servers, embedded systems, gaming consoles).
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