>Exactly. Microsoft was found guilty in courts of law in the U.S. and Europe of wielding their monopoly influence harmfully. They've also had many other nations file lawsuits where they ultimately could not legally prove Microsoft's monopoly in court, but the business environment was sufficient to warrant those several lawsuits arising in the first place.
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>Monopolies piloted by men are always harmful.

I agree, but it goes far deeper than just wielding their monopoly influence, they acted proactively, the best example is with DR-DOS, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldera_v._Microsoft. It was good for Caldera's owners, as they netted 280 million, but screw customers who lost the possibility or choosing. And one thing I do not understand is why they say it was only in Beta, I had this issue when I installed Windows at that time, is it possible that they enable the code for outside the states?