but is it possible that anyone in this industry remains unaware of the--not probability, but--certainty of the fate of anyone 'partnering' with Redmond?
And how more disdainful (of any Redmond concern for say, 'peer perception'?) could it get: when they bring back their Plant to a
--screw the corner office: likely a whole new fucking Building for the perp to rule.

I.T. seems to have won the Lead Ingot as the most-corrupt bizness within the most-corrupt general bizness enviro since ... the Borgias?
('Course anything to do with Finance has always got to be at least: a massive competitor for that Award.)

Does that mean that the combo [IT-re financial 'transactions']--now beats out all of the above?