Maybe you should actually read one of their earnings reports. They don’t make $250B in annual revenue because of a “passing interest in software”.

You’re contradicting yourself with that statement. Microsoft is seen as a mercenary… yes they make a lot of money, that’s proof they’re a mercenary. If you want to prove they are not then point to software categories they invented, not how much money they are making.

They're like the Merck of the pharma world.

Fair point