You've got to read this,
says Doc Searls here of a Linux Journal articlet with a sentence that lays bare Microsoft's whole Ministry of Truth groove, emphasis mine:
Although Microsoft is free to disable copying functionality in its own software products, the bandit said, even people who don't use Microsoft's software should be concerned by the company's "close the PC" plan, described at http://research.microsoft.com/crypto/openbox.asp.
