Microsoft: Attack on Base X (Essay)

I've been reading and observing a bit more, on the internet, about the ol' Microsoft-Vs.-Everyone-else war, and it gets a bit silly at points. They're just a company trying to make money (I heard that Bill Gates has been knighted for assisting Global Communication, though I can't confirm that). Granted, they've got the closest thing to a monopoly since water, but they're still fully entitled to take whatever actions they want to make said money. They have absolutely no legal obligation to make any of their software work properly (provided they don't lie about them), and furthermore, they are completely powerless without the companies who actually make computers (hardware specialists). At least, provided they're still a software-based company.

Everyone has things they love and hate, but Microsoft seems to cause some people to eruct greater ferocity than some other things. And that's unusual.

Of course, there's this other thing I found out about (another nefarious plan by that diabolical mastermind, Bill Gates - although it might not have been his idea), TCPA.

I don't know much about it, so I'll just direct you to the website of its virile opposition. TCPA seems to be an agreement which would, in a nutshell, cause an IT user to lose a lot of their computer rights, as well as restricting their freedom with computers, and confining them to using only certain applications (that's what I gather from that website, anyway).

Points to note: 1)The TCPA was set up in 1999, six years ago.
2)There's no way that the TCPA could dominate the entire computing market; if it ever reached the stage that every computer in existence was affected, there would undoubtedly be a massive rebellion (and that's assuming that it's as bad as is claimed to be. I personally doubt that such an allegedly tyrannical proposition would be suggested, or accepted, in the modern IT market).
3)Who's to stop you from not buying a new computer, anyway? I'm happy with mine, and there's no necessity for the faster processor speeds or whatever else is offered, at least for a casual computer-user (mind you, I can understand that the TCPA would certainly have adverse effects on businesses - which doubles as another reason why I can't see the idea being followed through in its unadulterated, sensationalised form)

That's just some points from the other (uneducated, viscerally-guided) side of the field. I like to take my time, swinging in my rocking chair, just waiting to see how everything turns out. Wedged inbetween all the stuffing of sensation, the truth will emerge, however obscure.

Oh, well. Someone, give me some more information about this TCPA thing, I've only picked up so much about it.

UPDATE!!: What the?! I only just noticed, that website hasn't been updated for almost a year! Their news links are broken! Has the whole thing calmed down or something? If so, I guess this was meaningless.

Seriously, I know I should be gathering a lot more information on subjects like this if I'm to make a solid, unbiased, factually-backed analysis of stuff... but I'm just a kid! Give me a break, here!

Besides, if I manage to make just one person laugh at how much I manage to mess up my facts, then I'm happy. If you're that person, check back on my politics posts for further funniness.

Final note: just scanning with the spell-checker there, I found that it didn't understand the word 'eruct'. I checked it in the dictionary, though, it does exist. Maybe it's just out of fashion... young ruffians, with their hip words... IN MY DAY --!!  ¶ 9:26 pm