How long emotional impressions last? I'm sure there are good folks at Microsoft, but the company hasn't changed. Like those awful, nasty political campaign ads?

How long emotional impressions last? I'm sure there are good folks at Microsoft, but the company hasn't changed. Like those awful, nasty political campaign ads? Microsoft haired one of the main practitioners to promote Windows: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/technology/microsoft-battles-google-by-hiring-political-brawler-mark-penn.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/technology/microsoft-battl... Or how about Microsoft's extortion techniques being used against Android manufacturers: http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/28/microsoft-samsung-extortion-google/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/28/microsoft-samsung-extortion... Thanks, but I'll keep staying away and encourage others to do so as well.