[Pontiac]

More proof that the free market works.

In the absence of government intervention a monopoly will not last long.

Two things have prevented Apple from being a true competitor to MS; price and Apple’s unwillingness to sell OS to run on other machines.

Another nail in MS coffin.

[Cronos]

While I dislike MS OSes, they do have a lot of advantages -- as you pointed out one -- that they are available on other machines. Hence the costs are lower.

At the server end of the market SUSE Linux and MS do rule.

I don't believe MS will die, but it will no longer be dominant -- neither will Apple or Google or IBM in their markets. Healthy competition is good.