At least $200 million or so from my Government, the result of straight-up corruption. From here <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;03&#x2F;20&#x2F;technology&#x2F;us-said-to-look-into-microsoft-bribery-allegations.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;03&#x2F;20&#x2F;technology&#x2F;us-said-to-look...</a>:<p>&gt;  The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission have both opened preliminary investigations into bribery accusations involving Microsoft in China, Italy and Romania, according to the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the inquiry is a confidential legal matter.<p>The article is 3-year old and of course nothing came out of it, but based on the very happy coincidence that our Government signed a big contract with MS just days after Ballmer had paid a quick visit to our God-forsaken country back in 2004 and that the PM at the time was a corrupt guy (who later on went to prison for other stuff) I&#x27;m 100% sure that MS (and Gates) actually took that money out of our pockets.