Sofor's reported gap earnings are negative because of the stock base comp expense meaning that they're issuing. Google, by the way, is actually not deluded. They they by back shares with their extra cash. But a lot of software businesses and tech companies in general, have had to rely on issuing shares to compensate employees for the work that they do. So even though the corps fundamental of the business is generating cash, and cash is going up every year, the business doesn't know how to get out of this cycle.

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