Converging on Microsoft
Microsoft Is Perfect Example Why Executive Pay Is Broken
by Mitchell Ashley
Text message this morning from CNN: Unemployment hit 10.2% in October. Microsoft announced earlier this week another 800 employee layoffs to the 5,000 previously announced employee layoffs. If you look at Microsoft's financials you see why, a 14% revenue and 18% net income drop for the last reported quarter, on top of disappointing prior quarters. Meanwhile, Microsoft's top five executives are set to earn an estimated $31 million in total pay for 2009. One the plus side, Microsoft's stock is... 6

We are tickled to announce the winners of our October giveaways. The grand prize winner of the October Microsoft Subnet giveaway is Wendy Newton (pictured), IT manager for Bowman and Brooke LLP. She won a free Microsoft training course from 


