But Microsoft software is sort of like a drug. I must say I get a bit of a "rush" when I walk into a computer store and see some new Microsoft shrink-wrapped software. My pulse quickens and I instinctively reach for my wallet. I want it so bad. Sometimes I'll buy a Microsoft product I have absolutely no use for just because it was so attractively packaged. My computer room bookshelf is full of Microsoft programs I paid good money for but rarely ever used. FrontPage97, Encarta Encyclopedia, Microsoft Cinema (released around 1996 and movie reviews and audio soundclips of popular movies that I never got around to listening to), even a copy of Microsoft Access. One of these days, I have to figure out how to use Access. In the meantime, I'll keep using my Microsoft Excel as my database of choice. That Access is just so complicated. But it was worth every penny of the $199 I paid for it, I'm sure. I just have to read the manual someday and figure it all out.
Surely you jest. Fortunately for you, it contains no carbos.
SamAdams76 wrote:His products are legal to sell. However, if he gives Office to government employees and government officials, that's highly illegal. It is just as illegal as if he sent government employees a "sample" of cocaine.
I can explain how Gates's behavior is different than drug dealers: His products are legal.