Where did you get your info that Microsoft is the 2nd bigest company in the world!? You are way off. Microsoft came in 8th in the top tech companies with Sony 9th. When you widen the list to all companies including the big hitters from oil and retail they i can't even find them in the list (top 62). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_companies_by_revenue http://www.therichest.com/business/the-top-ten-tech-companies-in-the-world/