The Original Purpose of The Study

In the summer of 1998 the rapid movement of global capital flows began to have a crushing effect on developing countries. While everyone was analyzing the speed at which capital moved, no one was trying to answer the basic question, where did it end up? A closer look revealed that a primary contributor to global economic instability was an elaborate financial pyramid scheme being utilized by the Microsoft Corporation, which others are now rapidly seeking to emulate. Frankly, I was astonished myself and contacted Steve Ballmer's assistant several times along with other Microsoft representatives, including the editor of their Slate magazine, before publishing the results of my study in a press release on PR Newswire. The Independent, a major UK Newspaper, based their story on this study and shocked many readers. The study also included projecting that Microsoft would begin issuing "watered stock" in an effort to disguise and diffuse the pyramid.