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?" he had asked. The majority of the sheep, er government officials, in the room raised their hands. …
