Why is it interesting? The topic is Microsoft and Microsoft&#x27;s past and present behavior.<p>While it is next to impossible to <i>truly</i> consider a topic in a vacuum, it <i>is</i> <i>very</i> common practice to focus on a particular single topic or set of topics when engaging in discussion. This practice tends to promote productive discussion by allowing the conversants to momentarily disregard issues that are largely or completely unrelated to the topic at hand.