Storksforlegs@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoElon May Have a Huge Issue Because Microsoft Owns the “X” Trademarkfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
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minus-squaresteltek@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoCisco owned the “iPhone” trademark and was actively using it to sell products. Weirder things have happened. Apple simply started using it and told Cisco, “Make me stop”.
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoTo which Cisco replied “okay” and forced Apple to agree to an unknown but likely ludicrous licensing fee. Twitter got Apple money right now? Because even Elons billions aint shit compared to Microsofts literal trillions.
minus-squareElBarto777@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoMicrosoft doesn’t have trillions. Where did you get that from?
minus-squaredawnerd@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoMicrosoft is a 2.6T dollar company…
minus-squarethreetimes@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoMarket capitalization means that every share of MSFT combined at the current price is worth $2.6T. The company has $100B cash on hand. That’s actual cash and investments that could be easily converted to cash. Substantially less than $2 trillion.
minus-squareFeydaikin@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIsn’t that still a fuck-ton more than what any of their competitors have at their disposal?
Cisco owned the “iPhone” trademark and was actively using it to sell products. Weirder things have happened.
Apple simply started using it and told Cisco, “Make me stop”.
To which Cisco replied “okay” and forced Apple to agree to an unknown but likely ludicrous licensing fee.
Twitter got Apple money right now? Because even Elons billions aint shit compared to Microsofts literal trillions.
Microsoft doesn’t have trillions. Where did you get that from?
Microsoft is a 2.6T dollar company…
Market capitalization means that every share of MSFT combined at the current price is worth $2.6T. The company has $100B cash on hand. That’s actual cash and investments that could be easily converted to cash. Substantially less than $2 trillion.
Isn’t that still a fuck-ton more than what any of their competitors have at their disposal?