...its ok to keep hating them...remember...they were also convicted of a rather serious crime...and have thus far escaped any penalty. Alot of these other "scandals" don't even have convictions yet.

And...considering the importance of this industry and the speed of change and advancement...it is quite possible that MSFT has effectively killed some extremely important tech...or postponed its arrival to well beyond where it should have been introduced.

I remember BG stating in front of Congress that Windows would lose its dominance as soon as someone else produced a voice-enabled OS...and he said this 3 years AFTER Warp 4 was released.

There is plenty to not like about Bill.

% wealth donated to charity is pretty low.

His company abuses charities that try and give people computers for which MS has already been paid a license fee.

Theres lots there to not like.