Sometimes it’s the little things that can cause you to step back and rethink how you look at a company. For much of this decade, Microsoft has been the “evil empire” with Apple, Linux and Google on the side of the Force. With Microsoft actually doing some positive creative things for once, Apple’s decision to raise iPhone prices in the face of declining consumer income, Google’s attack on single parents and Richard Stallman’s attack on Bill Gates’ philanthropy, it appears these entities’ images may be changing.