Remember Government vs. MS case, where MS ultimately got what many people called a "slap on the wrist" [1] I have nothing but a conjectures here, however, I al

Remember Government vs. MS case, where MS ultimately got what many people called a "slap on the wrist" [1] I have nothing but a conjectures here, however, I always believed MS made a deal with the Government to give them a backdoor in exchange for far lesser settlement [2] So I'm not surprised for Gates position here. It's mainly to justify his and MS earlier decision to give into the government's requests. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.#Settlement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor... [2] http://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html http://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html