Definition: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
Input: While I did not attend the trial-- I was lucky to be able to read your highly amusing and informative dispatches, several of which made me spit up my lunch laughing--it certainly seemed as if the image of Bill Gates took a beating and the insular culture of Microsoft did not look so good.
Output:
It seems I missed a highly amusing trial, reading the informative dispatches where the image of both Bill Gates and the culture of Microsoft took a hard beating.