Don't forget the demise of DOS, Visual InterDev, FrontPage, MS Fortran, etc.

>A government takeover of Microsoft is long overdue. My life was thrown into a cocked hat when they pulled Bob and Windows ME without any consideration for the users and without any attempt to make it available as an open-source OS. Disgraceful and definitely should be the subject of a Congressional Fact-Finding Committee ( televised )
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>I for one would be pretty excited about being protected by politicians from the depredations of software companies. Perhaps a Developers Tools Czar ? ( I nominate Barnie Franks but I'm open to suggestions )
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>And I really like the idea of manufacturers being required to continue producing products until they can find a competitor to take over production. It would certainly make them think twice before burdening society with innovation.
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>I'd also like to make it retroactive to the automobile industry and applied to the Deuce Coup, the '55 T-Bird, the '57 Chevy and the '58 Corvette. ( not sure if we could find the guys who made the Cord )