A billion here, a billion there

The Seattle P-I’s Microsoft Notebook looks at Microsoft’s $53 billion in cash reserves and does some amusing math:

“The sum of $53 billion is enough to fund NASA for a year, assemble a fleet of 100 Boeing 747s, and buy every person in Seattle a 2004 Subaru Outback — with a few billion left over for incidentals.”

Visit the P-I’s superb Microsoft Blog for a breakdown of the math.

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