Who Are We?
Many of you have noticed that we have not identified ourselves here at the site, and that is intentional. Suffice to say that we have worked in the Information Technology (IT) industry for many years and have been associated with it throughout the PC era. We are associated with neither Microsoft nor the government on any level. We receive no funding for the maintenance of the site nor any revenue from its existence.

Why the mystery? Because we believe that opinions should be personal, informed, and unemotional. An argument should be able to stand solely on its merit and not based on the person presenting it. Jurors in a court case are not provided the credentials of the lawyers presenting the case before them. They are simply presented with arguments to which they either agree or disagree. To know that one lawyer graduated from Harvard Law and has been practicing for 20 years while the other from Ourtown Community College passed the bar last month only serves to taint the argument itself and bias the jury. "Lawyer A must be right since he's from Harvard and has been doing this for so long," or the inverse, "Lawyer B must be wrong since he's so new at this." While these credentials may be influential, that influence should be recognizable in the argument itself.

We are not decision-makers in the ongoing antitrust trial. We are simply observers. We present the arguments available on this site for your consideration based on their merit only. You may either agree or disagree with them. We not only recognize that fact, we revel in it. We only encourage that you make your opinions informed and not based solely on emotion.

As is obvious in everything presented on this site, our opinions are behind the actions of the federal government and the nineteen states in the ongoing antitrust trial. These opinions are not based on an emotional hatred of all things Microsoft. Quite the contrary. Microsoft's contributions to the present state of the computing world are numerous, and we recognize the value of standards, de-facto or industry-agreed. However, we also recognize that, while the computing world, in its current state, is a thing of wonder, it has the potential to be infinitely more to all of us and that any actions of a market monopolist to hinder that evolution to the benefit of all mankind should not be tolerated.

In conclusion, we invite you to read the arguments presented herein and implore you to investigate beyond this site. Read Microsoft's presentations fully. Read the government's presentations fully. Read the opinions of others. Then, form your own and know that it is based on knowledge and a diligent pursuit of what is best for all of us and not solely on emotion, marketing, or media spin.

Warm regards to you all.