Technically you are correct but the commenter you’re responding to means that with the amount of Western Governments spend on MS products and services, the are a d facto (if not de jure) state backed enterprise.

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os2warpman 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

US government spending is (for now) easy to track, and you can get totals for spending by corporate entity.

In total across the entire US federal government, $518.8 million was paid to Microsoft for products and services in 2024. That is approximately 0.21% of their total annual revenue.

I assert that the threshold for "state sponsored" is well in excess of 0.21% of annual revenue.

Federal Spending: https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/dd77b7c3-663e-cb91-229...

Microsoft Annual Revenue: https://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar24/index.html

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hx8 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

How much money have states and local governments spent on Microsoft products and services? How much money has Microsoft collected from companies that are providing products and services to US governmental agencies?

Government spending is not easy to track. This doesn't even begin to touch on non-monetary benefits Microsoft receives with government influence.

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howdyhowdy123 6 days ago | parent [-]

Now you are really starting to bend over backwards. The claim was that MS was a state enterprise. It's still not even close.

	▲	hx8 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		I'm mostly adding context to the statistic that Microsoft makes 0.21% of its revenue from the federal government, and arguing against the sub-claim that government spending is easy to track.

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monkeyelite 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If you look at Ford and Intel you would find similar numbers - but they are clearly quasi state entities.

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howdyhowdy123 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Exactly

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1718627440 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, but the power play seams to be more like MS backes several states.