I find the debate on the M$ anti-trust remedy fascinating. Essentially, M$ has a monopoly on operating systems and internet browsers. The government just has no clue on how to solve this situation. They know that antitrust violations occurred, but just have no way of resolving things. They can't punish M$ too badly with breakups or hacking up the software giant because if they do, they risk huge negative economic results. Like it or not, the government loves a hot economy, and they just can't stand the idea that the tech sector will take another big hit if they do something wrong.
Catch 22 in full force and effect. Do nothing, and M$ takes over the world. Do something, and the economy goes in the tanker.
I think the appropriate thing to do (if alternative OS's existed) would be to whack M$ with mega penalties, added fees and then provide tax incentives to anyone who purchases a non-m$ OS. Unfortunately, this couldn't work because the only alternatives are Linux (basically free) or Apple, but that doesn't work on the majority of systems.
Perhaps, the Amiga systems will take off because that OS works on PPC chips, x86 chips, palm chips, handheld PC chips, etc... It would be a shame if the government imposed a major penalty on M$ that ended up causing the Amiga OS to be the dominant force, when OSX is poised to be the logical next major OS.
We'll just have to see.
