A financial penalty of some sort. The breakup option really concerns me.

>Columnist Bob Lewis (www.infoworld.com) noted that by breaking up MS into multiple companies, a problem might be that the total stock valuation of multiple Microsofts might be greater than the valuation of the current, single MS. Bill Gates and other owners of MS shares might become even wealthier!
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>What else could be done to conclude this case?