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 pages on the Web.

