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by Anonymous User on Mon Sep 17, 2007 at 10:06:53 AM PDT

Ok, so I don't own the software I thought I bought certain rights to. So, if I don't own it, for purposes of inventory, Microsoft must own it. Are they paying taxes on that inventory? Do they have insurance on their inventory? Would they be able to depreciate their inventory - and on what basis would it be? Is the purchase defined as a rental, or a service, for purposes of sales tax? Will Microsoft subject themselves to my auditors when they go to verify that I'm not releasing data I shouldn't be - either under medical ethics or financial ethics laws? If Microsoft can make changes to my computer based on their rules, do they have much of a case to go after hackers of their systems? (Hackers believe they can (also) make changes to computer systems based on the rules they play by.) Like most folks, Microsoft wants the answers to every one of these questions to be interpreted in their favor, regardless of the real lifeconsequences of each answer that the rest of us have to deal with. I can live with greed - it's hypocritical greed I can't stand.

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