{"id":1630,"date":"2008-03-04T11:37:43","date_gmt":"2008-03-04T19:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/04\/boeing-microsoft-holding-up-the-market\/"},"modified":"2010-01-18T19:54:38","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T03:54:38","slug":"boeing-microsoft-holding-up-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/04\/boeing-microsoft-holding-up-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing &#038; Microsoft Holding Up the Market?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a thread to discuss some of the not-so-great big news that has come out recently for the Seattle-area&#8217;s two biggest private employers.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Boeing<\/strong><\/u>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/businesstechnology\/2004258210_tanker04.html\" title=\"Boeing beaten on tanker must-haves\">Loses out on $40 billion Air Force tanker contract<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u><strong>Microsoft<\/strong><\/u>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com\/techtracks\/2008\/02\/judge_certifies_class_action_lawsuit_against_micro.html\" title=\"Judge certifies class-action lawsuit against Microsoft for 'Vista Capable' program\">Facing class-action lawsuit for Vista hardware requirements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/businesstechnology\/2004250082_apmicrosoftvistapricecut.html\" title=\"Microsoft Cuts Price for Boxed Vista\">Cutting boxed Vista prices<\/a> (possibly due to <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/businesstechnology\/2003797626_microsoft20.html\" title=\"Strong Microsoft results, but Vista sales lackluster\">disappointing sales<\/a>?)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/businesstechnology\/2004258202_msftyahoo04.html\" title=\"Yahoo bid still a good one, Ballmer says\">Still trying to buy Yahoo!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not exactly a heaping helping of good times for the area&#8217;s two flagship employers, frequently touted as having the fortitude to maintain the local housing market entirely under their own economic power.<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts about how Boeing and Microsoft are doing, and what effect it will have on people buying and selling houses?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a thread to discuss some of the not-so-great big news that has come out recently for the Seattle-area&#8217;s two biggest private employers. 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