Open source funding

It seems to me that governments should contribute to open source and open connectivity and quit seeing the people as an enemy. The fact that a community of people dedicated to common gain almost defines the purpose government itself. It seems very strange that even in my state of Iowa USA, the government sued Microsoft, took money for it, and then turned around and made a deal with them. Instead of using the money to fund a real alternative, they took the money, and then took the money, and then screwed the people. It isn't hard to see that what they are both interested in is just collecting money and they are just trying to decide who gets to screw the population the most.