Bill is er in geslaagd om met dat bedrijfje van 'm aan de top te komen van de FT500, een door de Financial Times bijeengeraapte ranglijst van de grootste bedrijven van de wereld. Onze vijanden bij Mikroschoft staat nu dus bovenaan:
The latest FT500 listing clearly shows Microsoft’s move to first position, from fourth last year. This is as much a reflection of the overall changing face of the FT’s league table.IT stocks have risen across the board, with companies such as Cisco, Lucent, MCI Worldcom and AOL all jumping up the ranking.
[...]Bill Gates is keen to point out that’s all he’s doing: capitalising on the state of the market. It remains to be seen, however, how long the market tolerates this sort of capitalisation.