[autoexec]

It's insane that companies continue to trust Microsoft. They've been collecting data on every company's email and office documents for ages. They must have a massive amount of insight into the inner workings, goals, and plans of so many companies across so many industries that it's a wonder how MS itself is so poorly run.

[yetanother12345]

May I suggest, as a mental experiment only, that you consider for a moment that the business that they are in is not only Software but also Industrial Espionage. That ought to change your "poorly run" evaluation somewhat in a much more positive (?) direction...

If you feel adventurous you could even apply this line of thought to many other very large multinational US-led "IT" companies. Maybe that would even give you an alternative perspective on why the EU (just to mention one random non-US entity) is getting, well, less cooperative, lately.

Philosophically speaking it's an interesting path of thought, but to bring you back to real life of course there is no such thing.

This is a thought experiment only. Of course no American company would ever even think about engaging in such activities, and if you ask any employee of said company (or any of their peers) they would have absolutely no knowledge of such activity and the mere thought is outrageous, of course.

Down-votes anticipated, so this comment might not last long.

[sys_64738]

My company is all-in on everything for M$. It is truly horrifying to have all your trade secrets and security infrastructure on the servers of M$. It's a disaster waiting to happen.