I went to university late in life, it was 2003. At the end of the first semester, I looked at the syllabus thinking, how am I going to get a degree in IT if they don't even do lab work until the last quarter. SO I went on my own and started learning programming, not IT.

When Gates set up the deal to outfit China with MS OS, they didn't mind the product controls.Now they want to change the game plan? Someone better explain the contract to them.

Coming from a guy who finds murder, torture and generally executing just about anyone he wants, to be politically correct. All in the name of Allah. Fortunately for him, he doesn't have to take responsibility for this as he is advised by his most hollies on its correctness. I don't get it, do you?

If Microsoft goes down, and it will if the order is successful, they are doomed. The best they could do is shut the door and come back as another entity. No one will trust them as a confidential source, many companies will collapse with Microsoft's credibility destroyed. That's not entirely true, it would be a great place to spread rumors. The scene would look like Mad Magazine's Spy vs. Spy. Maybe that's what the feds want.