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While there may be a point made in the concept of turning over Windows to the public domain, the reality remains that it will never happen. What everyone really misses on this point is the fact that with controlling interest, the firm can be moved (in name) to an offshore location without giving up it's U.S. facilities (since they would then be own by a foriegn firm). This would cause an end-run directly around the DOJ, as MicroSoft would then no longer be reachable by the anti-trust laws, and may be considered also to be out of the agreement they signed with DOJ several years ago that provides the leverage for DOJ. -- Marc Glasgow In a message dated 6/10/98 10:07:51 PM, you wrote: >I would also be interested in list member's opinions on the current DOJ >vrs. Microsoft battle. For example, during a recent conversation, a >collegue suggested that Microsoft should be forced to surrender its >legal rights over Windows itself (unlikely as it may sound). Her >reasoning was that, since ownership of Windows is a pre-requisite for >running 80% or more of all PC-based software, it should be freely >available to all, much like Linux. No single company should have such >control over the computing world. There may be a point here.