>Hi guys,
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>>>I think that MS will have a rival in the near future in a world they know nothing about. It will be interesting to see what happens.
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>I don't see that coming....but I see the possibility of the Justice Department breaking them up into different components and then the components going after each other, leaving the door open for other standards and languages.

I don't agree with this, John. If the DO get broken up it won't be into competing companies but into O/S, Consumer software and Development software. The overlaps will be negligible.