Ik kreeg van Dennis Feiken een mailtje over een alarmerend nieuwsbericht van MaximumPC: de totale waarde van Microsoft is inmiddels groter dan het bruto nationaal produkt van onze polderstaat! Niets aan Bill doorvertellen, want je weet maar nooit wat-ie vandaag wil opkopen :
As its stock spiked up to $98 Friday, Microsoft became the first company to top $500 billion in market value.Microsoft CEO, Bill Gates, himself came closer to being worth $100 billion when the stick hit $98 on Friday. Gate's won't hit that mark until Microsoft's reaches $100.84. Microsoft's market value now outstrips the gross domestic product of The Netherlands, which is about $378 billion.