cyril_kearney - 10:28 pm on May 1, 2002 (gmt 0)

john316
I think that is the whole point. A free market determines the winner.

Two years ago the stockmarket was very different than today. Here's some stats on share prices:

Microsoft 71 now 53
Sun 42 now 7
Oracle 40 now 9.50
AOL 58 now 19

These companies are owned by shareholders and a tremendous amount of liquidity has been lost. Your pension fund has suffered as much as the people at Microsoft's has.

There is only one boat, when you sink Microsoft, you sink everyone else too.

The interest of the consumer and of business in general is a sound economy. We must also have legal and fair competition.

However, the competition amoung the top-tier companies should be played out in the marketplace and not in the courtroom.