This could potentially become a big issue as more and more applications move to the web. Consequently, we are forced to try and find another license. Microsoft is attempting to survive by eating its young. Software will not only run on Microsoft's systems, but will be maintained via a centralized Microsoft service. Competitors will have to opt-in to Microsoft's delivery system in order to compete.
People are stupid.
God wants it. It's cover for powerful people to use as a weapon against the masses. It's part of God's plan, in the chapter on population control. Talk to me in Threads. Critics of the FBI system fear Internet-service providers will have little guarantee that Carnivore is doing only what the FBI says it is doing.