>This is my prediction:
>M$ will be split by govt order, so it is no more.
>VFP will be part of a the new Company while VB will be with the other.
>I got a hunch that this kind of arrangement is already being discussed in M$ kawaleess.

I doubt it. The US government doesn't tend to shot itself in the foot economically (the Canadian government is the exact opposite). I think that the government just wants to teach Microsoft a lesson so that it will change some business practices.