Loud-Path

Loud-Path t1_j6jfax2 wrote

The amount is not relevant. The stake is, if you bothered to read the agreement, that 75% of all profits MUST go back to Microsoft until it is paid back, and then Microsoft owns 49% of the company. I.e. they are defacto a subdivision of Microsoft and are going to be at MS's beck and call. The bank I work for has 49% owned by a single person, guess what, even though he is not a majority stock holder he is considered the owner as he can easily get 2% of other people's votes to go his way.

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