It seems I have triggered a lot of snowflakes with this thread. To be clear Microsoft is still a great company,
but that doesn't mean they are incapable of making bad decisions. It is pretty stupid and naive to think
just because a company is very large and successful means they are incapable of making bad decisions.
Just because a company is great today doesn't guarantee it will be great tomorrow.

The list of highly respected (or once highly respected) companies that have destroyed themselves over the years
because of bad decisions is endless. Far too many to list. Boeing, Tesla, Enron, Lehman Brothers, Chrysler,
Washington Mutual, Kodak to name a few.

If you think big successful companies can't make bad decisions then why are you even investing in bitcoin?
Why not just put all your money into Boeing, Microsoft, Tesla, etc. if they are perfect and can do no wrong?
Or maybe some really aren't into bitcoin and are just here to troll the forum?

It amazes me the amount of worship of these big companies on a bitcoin forum. Some will still praise the likes of Tesla,
Boeing, Microsoft, no matter what they do good or bad. It is very sad sheep-like or cult-like behavior.

Btw, the value of the dollar has dropped by more than 10% since Microsoft's vote against bitcoin last December
while bitcoin has increased by more than 10%, almost 20%. So that is a massive 20% to 40% decline (combined losses) in
the value of Microsoft holdings versus bitcoin in only 8 months. Too bad, so sad for them.

I dont think they are stupid, many of them have Microsoft shares and they are currently worth more than ever before. I believe that if Microsoft bought bitcoin in the past, the price of a share would be more than 10% higher now. It was a stupid decision, people should know that now and vote different in another meeting of the shareholders. I dont think it was even 3% who wanted bitcoin last time... unbelievable.

The question here is not if they are incapable of making a bad decision or not, but rather that you explicitly said they made a bad decision by not investing in BTC. When they voted against adding BTC to their balance sheet, they were very well aware that its price can rise this high, which is why they particularly mentioned volatility as a reason why they wouldn't make the acquisition.

Their concerns remain valid, BTC is volatile, you and i choose to be exposed to it, Microsoft and Warren Buffett choose otherwise, that does not mean they are bad decision makers, when they obviously make much money from other investments they consider better and much more 'predictable.'

I wouldn't call them fools, but rather "investors in the matrix". What they all do (buying bonds) is a familiar and conservative way of investing, which until now "worked well". But times are changing.

For you, bitcoin is a "lifeline" to escape poverty, and for the rich - a risky and unclear asset, which, by the way, is practically not regulated at all, and therefore doesn't provide any guarantees of investment safety. If something goes wrong, who will compensate the rich for their losses? Nakamoto? And in the case of bonds, there is probably "protection from the state in terms of refunds" (although this is also a controversial point).

You are ready to put your $100-1000 on the line, and the rich will not risk $10 million. This is a different level of responsibility, so their motives will remain unclear to you.

It's great that day did not invest in bitcoin. We do not want more corporate or government to come into this market and buy a huge stash of Bitcoins. Bitcoin needs to stay in the hands of common people like you and I. Really we don't need corporates to get into bitcoin.

In a couple of years, these corporates will become so powerful that they hold the power to manipulate the market at their own will. We do not want that. Glad that Microsoft voter against buying bitcoin. I hope it stays that way forever.

many large global companies still view bitcoin as a speculative and high-risk asset, so they don't consider investing their money in it... perhaps for now, but they might decide to invest in it in the future. so it's not a matter of stupidity for them not to invest in bitcoin; it's simply a matter of internal considerations, and each company has its own risk management system. if a company is investing in bitcoin, that's great news, but if there are still those who haven't decided to invest in bitcoin, that's their right. so, let's not be too quick to judge them.

MS is already wealthy through their investment and they did not invest in bitcoin to achieve this. I believe that they feel they don't need bitcoin to keep the value of the company or increase the company's wealth. Bitcoin is for all but it's not everyone that will love to invest into bitcoin because they don't value it and see it as something irrelevant to them. We have more than 100000 companies in the world, but how many have invested into bitcoin not up to 1%. Therefore, I wouldn't blame MS for not following the footstep of MicroStrategy. My uncle is rich and feels he doesn't need bitcoin investment.

It's companies that are making little or no profits from their business that will be eager to invest into bitcoin for future profits.

I have noticed this too that the top companies in the world don't really want to associate with Bitcoin. They want to be separated to it and act that they are solid with or without riding the global trend of bitcoin. I do understand their thinking to not be affiliated to BTC, they would hold too many responsibilities in the future especially if they played it wrong. They're playing it safely, they're supporting it lowkey by integrating it or making it accessible to their platform but not really investing to it. I'm for sure they're missing out a lot in this one but since they want to prove their stand then it's fine, we have different mindset and it's not always riding the trend, it's how you make a difference.

At times like this, regret must be knocking on Microsoft's door, especially with this wave of layoffs in the Xbox division and the cancellation of several highly anticipated games. And with Bitcoin at $120,000... how much money did the company miss out on? A lot, for sure. Now we just have to wait and see what the shareholders will have to say about it.