We're assuming Microsoft is behaving according to their extensively-documented (including original MS source documents in court cases) past malicious behaviour,

We're assuming Microsoft is behaving according to their extensively-documented (including original MS source documents in court cases) past malicious behaviour, not assuming malice in the absence of previous malice. The kids these days don't realise just how much of what's fucked up about PCs these days is directly Microsoft fuckery. Groklaw's pages on the Comes case are a good start: http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20070220083801959 http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20070220083801...