I think painting Microsoft and a company out for "World Domination" will 
only make you look like a nut.  While us geeks make get a smile and a 
laugh over pictures of Hitler redone with Bill Gate's face, the average 
commuter will probably tune you out as just another extremist on a 
soapbox.  You have to get people to understand how Microsoft's control 
over their computer will affect their bottom line and their quality of 
life.  (Particularly quality of life as people understand that their 
bottom line will normally take a hit to guarantee them comforts.)
Discuss the ideas of having software that you only buy once and then are 
generally freely upgraded for life.  (Telling them it's free to get in 
the first place may trip the too good to be true off switch in their 
minds.  And Linux requires time to either install or order pre-installed.)
Perhaps talk about Microsoft's need to have their computers phone home 
when a person is surfing the Internet and checking their honesty and 
integrity.
Talk about Microsoft's recent problems with spammers using Windows to 
send out porn and leaving the unsuspecting computer owner (don't use the 
word "user") taking the blame for sending it.
Talk about Microsoft's plan to have people renting their operating 
system, so even after they spend several hundred, if not thousands of 
dollars buying a computer, they still won't be able use it to do 
anything without paying Microsoft rent.  [Rent vs the appearance of 
ownership (the current perpetual licensing scheme) usually raises 
hackles of people.  Most people would rather own something than rent it.]

I'm sure others on this list can give you some good alternatives to 
coming on and talking about Microsoft's mission of world domination.

Vaughn Treude wrote:

>Hello everybody:
>
>Just letting you know that I talked Ernest Hancock into having me on his 
>radio show this coming Friday, July 18th.  It's on KXAM 1310 AM from 7 to 9 
>in the A.M.  I'll be talking about Linux vs. Microsoft and the latter's quest 
>for world dominance.  The other guest will be Stu Krone, a computer security 
>expert who will be examining the issue of vote fraud on computerized polling 
>systems.  If you're up that early, I invite you to listen.
>
>Vaughn Treude
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