steven n fettig's Jitterin' Thoughts

I find the whole concept behind Integraph and it's latest lawsuit against PC makers such as Dell, IBM, Compaq, HP, etc. ridiculous. I don't understand how we arrived at the point where all arguments and rivalries are settled though lawsuits. An article I read recently regarding the suit against Microsoft laments the same thing that I see in Integraph's activities: instead on focusing on bringing the consumer better products, we are going to bilk them out of money by raising prices on products through the backdoor -- who do you think pays for all of this stuff anyway?