During the hearings in which the 19 states and the DOJ tried to determine if Microsoft and its Windows operating system (OS) was a monopoly, I listened keenly as executives of the high tech industry tried to explain technology to members of the U.S. government, and how the technology industry had worked. One particularly interesting exchange occurred when then Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale stood up and addressed the room: "How many of you use computers?" …showed first 75 words of 448 total…

…showed last 75 words of 448 total…suit against Microsoft are just jealous of the Microsoft's success and Bill Gates. They realize that they aren't as brilliant as the Harvard dropout from Redmond. Is it the consumer who are sheep in choosing with their hard earned cash what kind of computer they want to use? OR is it the government who are sheep in going along with Barksdale and all the other CEOs claiming Microsoft used its "monopoly power' to harm consumers?