You don't have to sell your Microsoft shares by a certain time.Feel free to ask more questions as this is a VERY particular section of the code that could cost you tens of thousands of dollars with a little slip.

Washington state across the river is reaping the benefits of an Amazon and Microsoft HQ, driving housing cost really high. 

I use Microsoft Project for managing projects.

I actually used Microsoft Word to type out a letter with a hand writing font.  

Every new regulation a government entity passes reduces overall economic opportunity for people.If an investor association wants to offer a "Wholesaler Certification" so a potential buyer can check up on someone they're thinking of doing business with - akin to a BBB rating, a Microsoft certiication, or any other industry credential - that's great.

Many big, publicly traded corporations (MicroSoft comes to mind) do not make distributions.  

Microsoft Excel...

To root out rentals a generically being bad, is like saying the stock market is great because Microsoft stock went up.

Anyone investing in Big Box stores at this point in the game are setup for a loss.Now, if Intel, IBM, Apple, Microsoft, etc go bankrupt then sure you have a point.  

Microsoft doesn't give their code away freely to Apple, nor should they just because they both belong to a common community.