> Microsoft is giving away a billion dollars worth of services, yet people are criticizing them for it. There are several reasons why that's unwarranted. The c

> Microsoft is giving away a billion dollars worth of services, yet people are criticizing them for it. There are several reasons why that's unwarranted. The correctness of this statement depends on the correctness of the valuation you are quoting. If you interpret the critics correctly, they are saying that the long-term costs might outweigh the short-term benefits of this "donation". If that is the case, the donation's rational valuation wouldn't be a billion dollars, as claimed by Microsoft, but actually negative. If you accordingly rephrase your argument using some negative valuation, so as to mirror the position that you are apparently trying to argue against, you might notice that it's not a sensible argument at all.