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An embarrassing close—list (from the lead only—more later):

1. http://www.thocp.net/reference/info/about.htm How is this a reliable source?
2. Almost all sources don't identify publisher, many have wrong information, and are lacking publishing information. Two examples from among first ten refs: [1] (Microsoft is often the source for Microsoft info, press releases aren't identified, info should be independently sourced) [2] [3] (publisher and date should be identified on all sources, particularly readers should know how often Microsoft itself is the article source)
3. Is Todd Bishop's blog a reliable source? Can't a better source be found for a company as well known as Microsoft? http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/
4. Blogs are not reliable sources: http://www.corplawblog.com/archives/000219.html
5. Books sources need page numbers: three examples from the lead only are Jennifer Edstrom; Marlin Eller (1998). Barbarians Led by Bill Gates: Microsoft from inside. N.Y. Holt. ISBN 0-8050-5754-4. Fred Moody (1995). I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year With Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier. Viking. ISBN 0-670-84875-1. Michael A. Cusumano; Richard W. Selby (1995). Microsoft Secrets: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets and Manages People. Free Press. ISBN 0-684-85531-3.
6. A very heavy reliance on Microsoft itself for information about Microsoft. Most of the info in the first dozen sources reviewed comes from Microsoft—because publisher info wasn't identified, that wasn't easily noticeable—here is an example (Microsoft was not indicated as the publisher):

   ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Key Events In Microsoft History. Retrieved on 1 October 2005. (DOC format)

7. There were two fact tags at review close that should be dealt with: [4]

SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:41, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Questionable sources:

1. http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/4915/ (message board)
2. http://microsoft.mrmpslc.com/InnovateOnWindowsVista/Default.aspx (what do we do with this?)
3. http://www.internetnews.com/ Not sure about this site?
4. Another blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/larryosterman/archive/2005/07/14/438777.aspx
5. Why do we report anything from the Third Way Advertising Blog? http://www.thirdwayblog.com/microsoft/microsoft-your-potential-our-passion.html Reliable sources!

Needs attention:

1. Microsoft 2004 Citizenship Report. Microsoft. Retrieved on 9 October 2005. This is a problem (in Corporate structure section) - the current version up is not the 2004 Citizenship report, and doesn't verify the text. Can't find older version in internet archive; this needs to be updated.