Slashdot is all agog over Cringely's latest pronouncements. I only read him when /. draws my attention to something he says. But now, reading some of his earlier posts I find: PBS | I, Cringely . Archived Column: "There are only two ways for a society to address such taking advantage of a legal system. One way is to drag that legal system into the 21st century, which isn't going to happen in America. The other way is to dramatically simplify the legal system along the lines of nomadic justice where there are no prisons nor even capability for collecting damages, so all correction comes down to death or maiming. That isn't going to happen, either, so Microsoft wins"