>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?

There was a joke going around on the MVP newsgroups that the judge will require MS to be purchased by Computer Associates....that would be worse than a breakup.

I feel so strongly the the government is wrong that I was planning to actively campaign against Orrin Hatch, who is chairman of the senate judiciary committee and a very vocal MS opponent. Unfortunately, it looks like the democrat that will run against him is Utah Attorney General Jan Graham and Utah is one of the 19 states.