(And yes, I know I am simplifying some things - I have a degree in math so I know how to run these numbers but am intentionally simplifying some things.)Frankly, you'll probably get your 7% easier from the stock market - Microsoft is never going to call you to fix their toilet or force you to go to court in order to collect your dividend.

If you are an employer and an applicant applies for a position with you and hands you their resume done via an Excel spreadsheet, verses someone who hands you a professional resume done through Microsoft Word or some Resume software program, which one would you think would be the best suited for the job, based on both applicants having the same qualifications? 

If a student, then they will have an F-1 visa or J-1 visa, you may have to decide how to handle the rent for summer vacations.Florida has some of the highest percentages of work visa holders in the country, on par with geologists and workers in the oil sector in Houston, researchers, academics, and hi-tech workers in California & Redmond, Washington (Microsoft).  

So I thought maybe the paystub had been created by the applicant on Microsoft Office  and she forgot to match the account numbers.

I use Microsoft Project as my go to scheduling software.  

America is all about creating new companies, when I was born, Wal Mart, Cisco, Microsoft, Gateway, Dell, Intel, Best Buy, etc... did not even exist.9.

Here is what I have learned-Microsoft has announced plans to put 6 data centers in East Wenatchee making them the single largest investor and tax payer in Douglas County.

I doubt he's invested that much as a "hobby".Does Bill Gates not own multiple businesses (he split Microsoft into several business units 10 years ago, which are actually separate businesses)?

For every Microsoft, there are a thousand Enron's.

Long story short, the accounting firm I used for several years was well known for handling employees from the big tech companies (Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, eBay, etc) who were in the same position I was.