Are you seriously so stupid that you didn't notice it was an april fools post?

First read the text, and read all of the business commentary compared to the exact same commentary in any of Forbes' other thousands of posts.

After that, look at the damned post date.

You are seriously stupid that you're falling for this.

I believe you are amazingly shortsighted that you think postal systems are irrelevant. Can you think of any other completely effective way to physically deliver large quantities of physical items to households covering a large geographical area, without the expense of storefronts etc?

I quite disagree that postal systems are dieing - I believe that in this day of internet shopping postal systems are becoming far more widely utilized than ever.

Why would anyone balk at a chance to wear lab coats in a 'professional' office?

I don't see how that is any less anti-competitive than the other two who have Konquer(Linux) and Safari(Mac) as equally entrenched. Of those three, Unix and Windows are the only two which actually have the ability to run in a completely or nearly GUI-less environment.

There is nothing which prevents any person from installing a secondary mailbox similar to those used by us in more rural areas for newspapers.

I hate government sponsored monopolies as much as anyone else, but the USPS actually provides a rather critical service even in these days of easily accessible alternatives such as e-mail. Without the pressure of the USPS being able to provide affordable prices for shipping to more poorly covered or less easily accessed areas (such as Alaska and Hawaii) only the people in major metropolitan areas would receive reasonable parcel and letter services. As much as that may not affect you there are still many millions of other people who are equally as valuable and important to you who would be royally bunged if things happened the way you obviously wish.