Stardate 20010928.0955 (On Screen): The Microsoft anti-trust trial process continues. Suddenly I get the idea that a lot fewer people care about that as much as they used to. (Funny thing about that.) With the end of hyperbole I suspect there will be a marked decline in references to Microsoft as "the evil empire" (except facetiously) or comparisons between what they've been doing to the Nazis (which used to be common). I recall cases where people claimed that Microsoft were no better than mass murderers, but then these were people who hadn't actually lived through real atrocities. Suddenly things spring into focus and perspective.
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