5-10% growth? Hasn’t Microsoft’s stock price dropped by 50% since January of 2000?

sdr – 15 cent per share basis? That means you bought in around 1986 or so. Who heard of Microsoft in the mid-80’s, unless you were an employee? I sure didn’t, and I lived in Washington state until 1987. If you really did buy at 15 cents I have to congratulate you, but that’s kind of incredible.