[steveklabnik]

> The shareholder's only interest in a company is its stock performance,

I think this is where you and he differ.

For instance, I'm a Microsoft shareholder. (2 shares, but still...) Many Microsoft decisions since the mid-90s (when I first started holding MSFT) have made life overall worse for me, even if they may have increased the value of the stock I held.

[Nwallins]

> Many Microsoft decisions since the mid-90s (when I first started holding MSFT) have made life overall worse for me

That has nothing to do with your being a shareholder.

[steveklabnik]

You're right. There's no causation there... but that doesn't mean it still doesn't affect me.