Microsoft The old Evil Empire (the one before that was IBM). The new one is Google. The basic complaints were, as formerly with IBM, that (a) their system designs are horrible botches, (b) we can't get source to fix them, and (c) they throw their weight around a lot. (d) They use lock-in tactics and antipatterns to make it hard for users to leave their systems. (e) They often claim to "love open source" while simultaneously keeping their main products closed. (f) Windows is increasingly a remotely managed operating system where the user is not really in control of what's happening.