That was "The Arthur Andersen Accounting Cookbood with introduction by Martha Stewart".

Yes, Microsoft has been caught by the SEC in a little cooking - but just a "cooky jar reserve", which is a minor offense.

Of course, Microsoft is the definitive abuser of the stock option ploy, so their books are not just cooked, they're "Blackened Books with Cajun sauce". Alas, this is currently neither illegal nor against GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (What Companies Have Successfully Gotten Away With)).

Every couple of years, the keepers of accounting standards try to fix the stock options problem, and every time the entire high tech industry goes to Congress and whines, "These mean accountants are going to hurt us!". Suitable pressure is applied and nothing gets done.

You can be quite sure that any company to which the term "High Tech" can be applied has books that are entirely misleading and have at best a tenuous relationship to fiscal reality. Cisco, by the way, is another prominente offender.