How dangerous is Microsoft?

摘要

A paragon of industry or a ruthless preda-tor? In a way, it is pointless to ask: Bill Gates is both. As a young Harvard drop-out, he gladdened every nerd's heart by selling IBM a software system that his own tiny company, Microsoft, did not even own. That system, MS-DOS, sits at the heart of four-fifths of personal computers sold today. Mr Gates has not yet learnt to relax.