This is sure to cause a stir among the rivals: SEC filings show the profit margins for Microsoft Windows on the order of 85%??! Let's do the math here: If we multiply that by the number of Windows installations in the average office times the total Gates-sites world-wide, and couple it with the swirling flush-hole of Microsoft's other money-losing diversification ventures, maybe, just maybe, that gives us some indication why, despite having more resources, better infrastructure and more workers with more skills than ever before in history, our global economy seems to be in the tubes...

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