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"Content is king - Microsoft knows this."

Okay, except that I wager one American dollar that if there weren't any other Internet browsers for the web, then it would be very very tempting for Microsoft to sell IE at a price for more than free.

"It's good to have a big American software corporation to compete against the rest of the world."

Staffed by Indians in Bangalore. The same way our golf courses are staffed by Hispanics (HA, I can say it! I'm Hispanic!). Hey, buddy, whatever brings the brains too us. And praise God, they DO come to us (U.S.) and I work with them as brother fellow human beings.

"In a free world, one does not "demand" competition - one creates competition."

No argument there, I must have used the wrong word. "Create" is better than "demand". Thank you.

"people love to hate"

Love and hate are very defined definitions and volumes can be written on both. I think the hate we're both talking (and agreeing) about is hate born of envy. It's hard to argue that Microsoft's success is bad for America. How can it be anything but good? Could it be better? Sure. But is Microsoft bad for America? No. Does it outsource? Yes, just like most to all other successful American ventures.

So, whatever is good for America is obviously bad for anti-Americans. Since you could probably prove better than I that ultra-liberals are both anti-American and bad for America, then it's not far off to surmise that they enviously hate any American success...like Bill Gates and Microsoft.

Okay, except that I wager one American dollar that if there weren't any other Internet browsers for the web, then it would be very very tempting for Microsoft to sell IE at a price for more than free.

This is likely true but MS has never been able to define the game - they just learn to prosper under whatever rules are set (like any other good company)

The same way our golf courses are staffed by Hispanics (HA, I can say it! I'm Hispanic!). Hey, buddy, whatever brings the brains too us. And praise God, they DO come to us (U.S.) and I work with them as brother fellow human beings.

Don't get me started on this subject. It is not their brains the companies are into - it is that they will work for next to nothing (less than half of what an American worker makes). They are not better but they sure as heck are cheaper. I work in a suburb of Washington DC but to look at my office one would think I am in Bombay (make that Mumbai - I have learn a lot about India)