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Of course they won't. It doesn't even make sense to ask them for this. Microsoft serves the government. The contracts they get from this are a large part of their revenue.

Mr Gates reiterated his view that the issue came down to a debate about whether governments can get at data they use to protect citizens. "Should governments be able to access information at all or should they be blind, that's essentially what we are talking about," he told the BBC.

Actually, the debate is whether the government should be allowed to force you to create something that does not exist.




It's a bit of both.




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