DrStrange bracht ons dit errug sappig artikeltje van de Australische krant The Age, die schrijft dat de NSA door de Franse inlichtingen dienst beschuldigd wordt nauw samen te werken met Microsoft. Volgens de fransen zijn NSA functionarissen direct betrokken bij de ontwikkeling van Microsoft software en is het Pentagon Steve's grootste klant :
A French intelligence report today accused US secret agents of working with computer giant Microsoft to develop software allowing Washington to spy on communications around the world.[...] According to the report there was a 'strong suspicion' of a lack of security fed by insistent rumours about the existence of spy programs on Microsoft, and by the presence of NSA personnel in Bill Gates' development teams.
[...] According to the report, 'it would seem that the creation of Microsoft was largely supported, not least financially, by the NSA, and that IBM was made to accept the (Microsoft) MS-DOS operating system by the same administration.'