I’ve never understood the libertarian fascination with Microsoft, a company which, in practice, violates everything libertarians claim they believe in theory.  Microsoft triumphed not by offering a superior product at lower prices, but through a series of (admittedly business-savvy) backroom deals that allowed them to get their foot in the door at both IBM and Apple.  Virtually every Microsoft success since then has been leveraged, using its dominance in one area to crush the competition in another. Some libertarians, such as Lew Rockwell, have belatedly come to understand ...