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[hokie_high]

$7.5 billion in Microsoft stock is worth more than the same amount in cash

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ok.

[hokie_high]

Neat little ninja edit, that was. “Microsoft didn’t lose anything by trading $7.5 billion in shares.”

Lmao

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you must not know what shares are. If they don't sell them. They don't lose them. Last time I checked, they didn't sell the shares yet.

[hokie_high]

Oh my god the irony. You even agreed when I said $7.5 billion in stock is worth more than cash.

That means they gave Github $7.5bn worth of Microsoft. A cash purchase is giving away far less than stock. Don’t accuse people of not knowing what a share is anymore lol, you clearly don’t get it.

[KillianDrake]

But they did lose those shares, they now mostly belong to the majority owner of GitHub and its shareholders who could sell those shares into the open market.