World Bank President`s Microsoft comments are unfair and illogical
(Windows Phone Central)

The president of the World Bank took a confusing and unnecessary shot at Microsoft this week. World Bank President David Malpass recently criticized Microsoft for spending $68.7 billion to acquire Activision Blizzard. His strange comments compared Microsoft`s purchase of a video game company against wealthy nations banding together to help poor countries. He`s drawn criticism from many around the web for his comments. While some have focused on the fact that Malpass used to work for the global investment bank Bear Stearns, I`d like to focus on a simple fact that Malpass seems to have missed: Microsoft isn`t a country. The controversial quote First, let`s take a look at the comments that have drawn criticism: I was struck this morning by the Microsoft investment, $75 billion, in a video gaming company at a time when, to put it in perspective, the entire IDA20 commitment that we were just able to achieve in December was $24 billion spread over three years. That`s $8 billion per ...