I think this whole trial is dangerous (Score 1)

even though i really dislike M$ with a passion, i dont agree with this whole trial. over the last couple of years we have seen the clinton administration filing (or trying to file) law suits against several industries (the tobacco industry, gun manufacturers, and Microsoft). i totally disagree with all three of these suits. for one the gun & tobacco suits are being used as scapegoats for the morality problems in our country. i think that over the past 20 years there has been an increasing attitude of "i'm not responsible for my own actions, so i'll blame someone else and then sue them for everything they're worth". with the government seemingly participating in this mindset, the floodgates will only widen allowing for even more lawsuits. as far as the whole microsoft trial, why did the government choose microsoft to pick on when so many other organizations demonstrate the same type of business practices(intel, riaa, aol). i think that microsofts own practices will eventually, and probably very soon, cause it's own demise. i dont think that the open source revolution needs the government to make OSes like linux take the greater market share. i think that the nature of a capitalistic society will weed out those who dont deserve to be on top in favor of those who do. we dont need to imitate socialistic goverments and tell private industry how to conduct itself (to a point). with that said, i think that the case against ms should be dropped and the open source community should kick some microsoft ass the old fashion way.