"Now, whammo, MSFT, is to now reward shareholders with a slammo dividend, and you know MSFT can very likely keep this up."
keep this up!? they promised $75B, which is more cash and short term investments than they've accumulated since inception.
dunno, to me it says that they acknowledge that their cash hoarding has been fruitless and future opportunities are limited, at least when compared with the tax breaks that they'll all get now when emptying the coffers.
geez, its still msft after all.