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* [[Playful Hacker]]: Basically founded by a couple, and given what can be found hidden in its products (like the infamous Windows API call BozosLiveHere and its other creatively-named companions, a flight simulator inside Excel, and other goodies) it's pretty clear that they continue to employ more than a few.

* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: Microsoft still makes no bones about their desire to dominate their competition and never passes up a chance to do so, but has softened its stance over the years on competing with OSes like Unix and Linux, even being willing to ensure a degree of cross-compatibility and interactivity with them, [[Know When to Fold'Em|since they absolutely dominate certain niches Windows just cannot adequately cover, especially when it comes to certain web applications]].

* [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them]]: Was infamous for this kind of attitude throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, defying even antitrust investigations to continue doing business the way it wanted. Among the abuses it engaged -- and still engages -- in is the practice of forcing PC manufacturers to pay a license fee for Windows on every machine they create -- whether it ships with Windows on it or not.

* [[Sigil Spam]]: Ever since Internet Explorer was fused with Windows from 95 to ME, you got used to seeing the IE logo a ''lot''.