I like to accept what people say at face value until evidence suggests otherwise.<p>People go on about Bill Gates and antitrust, but do they really think Steve Jobs or Scott McNealy or even Page &amp; Brin would behave differently?<p>Bill Gates&#x27; biggest fear was <i>not</i> losing the OS monopoly. His fear was of Microsoft turning into IBM -- always having to run everything you do by lawyers.<p>MS-DOS wouldn&#x27;t even exist if IBM hadn&#x27;t had the justice department watching their every move.