Tom,

>A vision one or perhaps two years down the road. You go to install the latest greatest software from Microsoft. A check is made - is I.E. installed (nothing new here) and is Microsoft your ISP? If not kick out user.

...yep...and all in the name of "consumer benefit". Actually, I have faith that folks will rebel far before that, and I just pray there are still enough viable alternatives around (like Linux) so that people have somewhere they can switch to...

JoeK