1.	I spent all of today talking with people inside and outside of Microsoft, about Microsoft.
2.	Nothing new, the world's largest software company commands quite a bit of attention.
3.	But communicating, really communicating with and about this company is quite difficult.
4.	So much of the discussion is about intention, the quality or color of their heart, but this is a ridiculous thing to discuss. It's a teenager's argument, or a young man's argument, it's not something for adults to talk about.
5.	A company has no heart. We like to anthropomorphize everything, but geez, this is a collection of 45,000 people of all ages, from lots of backgrounds. We could talk about the people as individuals, but that would be meaningless too. None of them have any power to change the thing we call Microsoft. They can try, I can try, and it's for nought. Nothing can change them, so nothing will change.
6.	Nonetheless, I have to make a decision. I've sought help with this decision from people in Silicon Valley, from friends outside the industry, and no one can help me, it seems. I think few people think I actually have a decision. I'll try to explain.