in case you missed this by Charles Ferguson(posted 8757 days ago)To view the entire article, go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/article s/A20897-2000Apr5.html
Dismantle Microsoft, With Care
To the surprise of nobody--except, apparently, the stock market--Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson has ruled that Microsoft violated the antitrust laws. The Justice Department and states must now recommend remedies; Jackson must decide; and then his decision, if sustained upon appeal, must be implemented. I'm not a lawyer; I pass on the strictly legal issues. But for the good of both consumers and industry, a major structural solution is called for. But if such major surgery is to be undertaken, it is important to do it correctly. Microsoft should be split into its technologically natural components--operating systems, applications and possibly a third company for Internet services. (For the record, most of my wealth consists of Microsoft stock.)
. . . Contributed by glenn@econ.berkeley.edu (glenn@econ.berkeley.edu) on May 3, 2000.