It is becoming increasingly difficult for burned-out software giants to pay employees with shares

Mizuho senior technology analyst Gregg Moskowitz summed up the state of utter confusion during Atlassian’s conference call Friday morning.

Shares of the Nasdaq-listed software company had collapsed by 40 percent this year. However, the company reported a “strong quarter” with “excellent guidance” and announced an acceleration of its repurchase program.

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