[W/K] :: Evil Empire

  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.