Note: Microsofters say that the true manager (not public face) of Microsoft is Brad Smith

Summary: Lying dictatorships wherein the dictators commit crimes with impunity speak and act alike



Putin

1. Insists the "special operations" are temporary
2. Blasts international courts
3. Tries to control all the media
4. Hires criminals to wage war
5. Makes up the law
6. Exaggerates the financial wellbeing/state of what he governs
7. Relies on proxy states like Belarus
8. Routinely issues threats to 'opponents'

Smith

1. Insists any hardships are temporary
2. Blasts regulatory agencies
3. Bribes most of the media / Tries to control all the media with bribes
4. Hires criminals to run Azure [1, 2, 3]
5. Disregards the law
6. Fakes^* the financial performance and worth of the company
7. Relies on a legion of channel partners + other proxies as foot soldiers
8. Routinely attacks anything that's not Microsoft

____ ^* The economy isn't how it seems in the West.

"Microsoft, the world’s most valuable company, declared a profit of $4.5 billion in 1998; when the cost of options awarded that year, plus the change in the value of outstanding options, is deducted, the firm made a loss of $18 billion, according to Smithers."

--The Economist, 1999