Though this is no place to discuss capitalism & communism, I would like to point out that a very good author on this topic is Ayn Rand. She fled
fully off topic.
Passing laws to make something 'mandatory' is worse. We should be able to show the people that options much better than M$ exist.Not many people know excellent support is available in GNU/Linux. Many still
I think that proprietary software is harmful to society. I support passing any law which favour society. Law against Software patents and proprietary software are some of them.
Arun.