I read years ago that Microsoft makes so much money, that they've figured out the best way to keep their earnings report increasing by so much % every year is by just throwing away the rest of the profits on other stuff that may or may not make make money. Most other companies creative accounting is how to fudge the profits and hide losses. Microsofts is how much profit to throw away on the right losses.
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