Microsoft accounting error shows up as huge PR blunder

They must have been using vista. That will screw anything up.

How much money are they talking about?

Does anyone know?

How much money are they talking about?

STEVE PLEASE HELP THESE PEOPLE OUT AND LONE THEM ONE OF YOUR OLD PC,
APPLE YOU CAN DO IT!

Gee.. I thot Miscrosoft was an expert in security ... shouldm't they have secured their accounting verifications?

well hey ... lets reward them next quarter with so bailout money. Plenty tho so they can give themselves bonuses too.

Well, since ole Stevie boy can give 3rd world countries loads of money he needs to let these peeps keep theirs! By the way this would make a great "Apple Vs. PC" commercial, LOL!

WHILE BILL GATES TALLYS UP HIS MILLIONS HE WANTS TO MONEY BACK FROM THE PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO HIS FORTUNE. GREED HAS AN UNGLY FACE WHEN YOU GET TO SEE IT! THESE PEOPLE NEED EVERY PENNIE TO GET BY IN THESE DAYS AND HOPE TO GOD THEY FIND ANOTHER JOB THAT WILL PAY SOME CLOSE TO WHAT THEY NEED TO BREAK EVEN, AND THE MONSTER OF GREED HAS IT'S CLAWS OUT TO TAKE ANOTHER BITE OUT OF THIER ALREADY SAD SITUATION. BILL GATES HAS THE MONEY TO HIRE THE BEST OF LAWYERS,
WHILE THE FORMER EMPLOYEES DON'T AND CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIGHT THIS TYPE OF BATTLE. ONLY A LAW SUITE WILL OFF SET THIS IF THEY WIN!THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE IS AS TRUAMTIZING AS THE AMERICAN DREAM!

Ole stevie is going to have to go around the world to collect his money. Thats what he gets for hiring all of the H1B low wage employees that he went to congress to give him more of.

Fxck Microsoft....keep the money !!!! Let this be a payback to Microsoft for Vista. lmao

I can't help but laugh at all these ignorant people going off about Bill Gates and this matter. Apparently, they're too stupid to know that Bill Gates hasn't been a part of running Microsoft since last summer and isn't even an executive there anymore (pssst he makes little to no decisions!) And yet, all these people are going on and on about his "greed" behind MicroSoft initially asking for this money to be returned! I love ignorant who spout off at the mouth without one single clue of the facts! Best entertainment around...

Michelle----is full of crap. Stevie sticks his head in the office just long enough to make these stupid decisions. That is when he isn't trying to screw real Americans out of money by telling congress to help him with more H1B visas.

I think they ought to keep the money to finance and build a missle system to destroy microsoft. Vista has AssF*cked me so hard that I can hardly walk any more and it burns when I pee.

I just wish all of you experts could spell and learn how to write sentences.

I wouldnt give them back a dime since they laid the people off. its there error so they have to learn to live with it.

COMPUTER operator error! Or is it just a petty suit getting back ? Taking care of their friends, and enemies?

I am not a fan of Microsoft myself, but isn't
this actually a morale issue that begins with our own integrity and principles?

How can we hold large corporations accountable for their behavior if we don't hold ourselves accountable for ours?

If you noticed that your check was short money you would surely say something? If you weren't laid off and received extra money in your check, wouldn't you ask why?

Regardless how you feel about a company and its products, you have a choice on doing business with them.

These people might have been laid off, but many times companies will rehire people they have laid off.

I would have to believe that severance packages were discussed with their employees so they were aware how much they were getting.

When we lose our integrity and morales as a nation and let greed get in our way is when we as a nation self-destruct. If we want to hold people accountable, we must first start with ourselves.

And BTW- I am a Mac person:-).