<<If you consider holding for 8 years "ease & speed!>>
scruffynyc1, in my view, if you're implying that a triple in the stock price (along with a respectable dividend for a tech company) over eight years as a bad performance, that's just wrong.
Secondly, who thinks that investing is an "easy" way to riches?
In my view, investing is hard.
If anyone thinks that investing is an easy way to riches, they should take up basket weaving (or anything similar that suits their fancy) instead.