Microsoft – Great at giving back

As you have read the story to this comma, 33 characters have been captured and organized on imaginary paper by Microsoft Word, in the space of less than 10 seconds. Pausing for a minute to speculate how many ‘i’s have been dotted and ‘t’s have been crossed in the same 10 seconds globally on how many machines using MS Word, is an exercise in total futility as far as trying to make a reasonable guess.   Even ‘Googling’ the question is completely useless. But mind-map even a vague image of the importance and global penetration of information and communications technology (ICT) devices in 2012 and of the role that Microsoft Corporation plays in this field, and it becomes clear that the company’s annual profits ($23.1 billion in FY 2011 ended last June), latest revenue ($20.9 billion in Q4 of 2011) and market cap ($243.9 billion on Jan 30, 2012) are