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Love or loathe Microsoft, it would be difficult to argue that the company hasn't been a huge contributor to positive change in our quality of life in the 31 years since its inception.

Really? I wouldn't find that difficult at all. Let's look at:

• average hours in a work week
• unplanned overtime due to technical failures
• rapid, intentional obsolescence of technical skills
• expansion of identity theft to a point it enters widespread public consciousness

Not seeing much quality of life improvement there.