Recently, Microsoft allegedly broke contract with Sun Microsystems to provide unadulterated Java support in MS products. Sun owns Java technologies, and sued Microsoft over this breach of contract. The significance of Microsoft's move here is that Java is a competitive product to Windows, meaning that it can potentially unseat Microsoft's stronghold on the desktop world. Of course Microsoft does not want to see that happen, and we can't blame them for that. However, it is in your good interests to see that Java technologies develop unhindered as a valid alternative to Microsoft's.
Good competition is always good for the consumer.
Site development is another area of web-aggression on Microsoft's part. However, if you access the site from outside of MSN, you are only allowed to access portions of the site. It will be a bad day for us all if the government succeeds in stopping the release of Windows 98. Government involvement of the computer industry mean prices will rise, like the telephone company. Well, I don't know about rising prices, but from what I've read, Microsoft is selling Windows 98 at the same price it sold Windows 95 three years ago.