Re:Breaking up is hard to do.... (Score 1)

the first thing DOJ should have done was to define what an operating system is, and then define what an application is. When they went after M$ without this preparation, they indeed put the cart before the horse, and because of it, they made themselves look as techologically ignorant as they are. M$'s effective monopoly(ies) stem mainly from thier effective monopoly on the PC OS. If Winderz were to become open source like Linux, with an independent entity acting as the "Linus for Windows", the rest of the software industry could compete with them more effectively. How fast do you think IE would become totaly independent of the OS if M$ were required to open up the OS? I wonder how much IE would cost then... Uncle Bill would be backstepping so fast he'd run right into himself. I don't begrudge Bill his fortune. I'd like to amass that kind of money someday myself. However, we have anti-trust laws for a reason. It is time to find a way to let the rest of the country try to become billionairs in the software industry as well. Bill, you've had your day, you have your fortune and no one can take it away from you, now it's time to step down and let someone else have a shot at it.