Microsoft touts own economic impact
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Microsoft and its industry have a major impact on economies around the world, and it wants policymakers to be fully aware of that fact.
See update on Todd Bishop's blog.
For good reasons, the company says. Perhaps not entirely, Microsoft's critics respond.
The company Thursday will release the results of a new IDC study, funded by Microsoft, estimating that $514 billion in annual taxes are generated by it and its "ecosystem" -- including industry partners and technology workers around the world that focus on its products and services.