>Jerry,
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>>>Jess,
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>>>>>>I've known MS by having its roster of Marketing genius. And I know they know what to do if they want more revenue from the product. But unfortunately they don't, simply because...
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>>>>>Marketing genius includes investing money that will be returned in sales.
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>>>>It's unfair for VFP as a whole. .Net investment is huge even without the sure return yet.
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>>>As you may or may not know Microsoft has something like 50 billion dollars cash in the bank.
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>>>I'd take that as 'real world' proof that they know what they are doing. <g>
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>>They may know what they are doing to accumulate such a hord of money, but do you know what they are doing to acquire it?
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>Selling drugs?

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>Good grief Jerry... You know as well as anyone else that the marketplace is amoral. If you want Microsoft to behave 'better' then convince each of the 50,000+ employees to swear allegiance to a personal code of ethics. The human condition is such that we both know that there are going to be cases where bad things hapen. That's why we have laws.
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I don't want them to 'behave better'. All I am asking is that they follow the law, like good citizens do. They are making a habit out of running red lights because they own the biggest house in town and drive a caddie. Lawful citizens don't get to their destination (the sale, the contract, the job) as quickly as MS does because they follow the laws.
JLK