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Uh-huh. And I suppose that your subscription to Time magazine comes with a bundled TV which replaces your current one, is unremovable and only broadcasts CNN, 24 hours a day?

Not to mention that your AOL subscription came with the modem you bought and you had to pay for it even though you use a totally different service provider?

ASnd let's not forget all those furniture shops that were forced to sell seperate copies of the Time-Life series of books with every book-case that was sold, since a book-case had to have legally-obtained books in it, of course.

PLease - do not equate two totally different levels of nastiness. Yes big mega-conglomerates are evil, but no company outside of the petroleum/oil cartels and tobacco companies have caused as much damage as M$. Stop to consider the cost of each new Word macro virus alone. Factor in licencing fees bordering on ridiculous, extremely unethical business practices and an ex-CEO with about as much (IT) vision as a skinny dipper in crocodile-infested water and you've got a huge problem that needs .gov intervention before the power base shifts entirely into the hands of this company. Do you really want to be a citizen of Microsoftland?

You really can't be paranoid enough of the intentions of Billy-boy. He doesn't want your money anymore - he wants you.