5/13    I'm doing research on Microsoft's rise to a multinational megacorp
        and need info on what they produce elsewhere and import for sale back
        into the US.  I know about the xbox.  There must be other stuff but
        google returns hundreds of thousands of hits for most MS related
        search terms.  Can the motd help me with this?  Anything they ship
        into the US, even they're only stamping the CD's elsewhere or printing
        box covers somewhere else that end up here.  Anything.  Thanks!
        \_ alot of huge companies have a company historian. maybe they have
           one, and maybe they'll help you.  it's worth a try.
           \_ I talked to someone there.  "It's all proprietary company secrets
              that can not be disclosed blah blah blah".  Sigh....
        \_ I just checked the underside of Microsoft keyboard and mouse and the
           labels on both read "Made in Mexico".  --- yuen
           \_ China for me.
            \_ Thanks!  Anyone know of any software they import in any sense?
             \_ Don't they outsource engineers from India?
                \_ Yeah there's stuff in India and maybe China, Russia, Israel
                   and I'm not sure about England or if England is just a local
                   business/sales office but I can't find product names.
        \_ check out business financial news (e.g. yahoo finance). Not sure
           how long the archives go back, but you might find stories about
           M$ acquisitions. Also, check out their SEC yearly reports. They
           often must disclose that they purchased so-and-so company. It's
           at least a place to start.
           \_ I work at a place where I have access to lots of merger
              and acquisition data... I just did a quick search and couldn't
              find any instances where MS purchased a company outside of the
              US, Europe or Canada -- actually, scratch that... two purchases
              in Israel and one in Japan... post your email if you want details
        \_ Doesn't almost every company (hi-tech or otherwise) have their
           products manufactured in other countries?
           \_ Yes, but MS is the subject of my research.  I'm only one guy.
              A company the size of MS should be enough to fill a few volumes.