Evil Empire n. [from Ronald Reagan's famous characterization of the
communist Soviet Union] Formerly IBM, now Microsoft. Functionally,
the company most hackers love to hate at any given time. Hackers like to
see themselves as romantic rebels against the Evil Empire, and
frequently adopt this role to the point of ascribing rather more power
and malice to the Empire than it actually has. See also Borg and
search for Evil Empire (http://pages.prodigy.net/rkusnery/amsind.html)
pages on the Web.
