... Microsoft don't play by normal rules, because they write their own.
Do you remember the Judge Jackson case against them? Bill Gates got on a plane,
came to London, got instant access to Tony Blair, and over a nice cup of tea
they talked about Microsoft moving a substantial part of it's business to the
UK.
Gates had zero intention of doing so, of course. He just needed Blair to confirm
the same to the US Government. At that point, Gates persuaded the then in-coming
President George W Bush to make the case disappear.
Or... do you remember the wikileaks documents that related to the ratification
of MS OO-XML in Brazil, where Microsoft were leaning on the US Government (was
it the State Department?) to "encourage" the Brazilian Government to
see things their way? What about all the other Technical Committees and the
completely farcical goings-on.
Did any of this, ANY of this, stop, slow down, alter, adjust or impact Microsoft
and their strategy in ANY WAY WATSOEVER?
No.
Hence my original title: for Microsoft, this is just the cost of doing business.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Lest we forget, this is not a "normal" company.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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