&gt;<i>I&#x27;m 100% sure that MS (and Gates) actually took that money out of our pockets.</i><p>So, Microsoft, which was headed by Ballmer at the time (Gates already years into retirement from operations), took a contract from your corrupt government, that <i>might</i> have broken a law (never proven)...and Bill Gates is to blame?<p>You have a lot of misplaced anger.