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"There are few company names as misleading as Microsoft's, and anyone with knowledge of its products will tell you the world's largest software company does not do small.

"From its cash on hand and investments ($76.1 billion in 2003) to its global market dominance (about 90 per cent of all desktops run Windows) to its reputation for creating bloatware (software that overburdens system resources by using too much RAM and disk space, especially when compared to rival products) to its chairman's personal riches (more than $62.11b in 2003), Microsoft epitomises the American passion for big..."

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