Historically, technology firms have been the most aggressive users of stock-based compensation in the form of stock options granted to almost all employees of the firms. What is the rationale for...

Historically, technology firms have been the most aggressive users of stock-based compensation

  in the form of stock options granted to almost all employees of the firms. What is the rationale

for offering stock options as compensations? Why has this form of compensation been

particularly popular with technology firms in the past?