[John Lenin]

Windows XP should cost no more than $60. Than people might buy it. I think MS should be taken over by the government and made into open source.

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

"Windows XP should cost no more than $60. Than people might buy it. I think MS should be taken over by the government and made into open source."

I agree with the first part.

As for the second, I think the US govt should threaten to turn over microsoft to the Chinese . Then maybe they will write some good software price it right.

[Brilliant]

What they should do is alter the copyright laws so that operating software has a copyright limited to say 15 years. That would put Windows 3.1 in the public domain, with Windows 95 only a few years out.

[ExDemSince92]

I think MS should be taken over by the government and made into open source.

That would be the *last* thing anyone needs. The government puts its' fingers in too many pots as it is.

Just let time play out. Operating systems will eventually become commodities like the hardware they power. The only real thing forestalling it is the DMCA and I don't see that lasting over the long haul. Its' abuse will be its' end, I suspect.

[ShadowAce]

Windows XP should cost no more than $60.

It doesn't matter what it costs. I can do everything on my Linux laptop that I can do under Windows (including the games I enjoy)--and the software is much cheaper.

[Golden Eagle]

I think MS should be taken over by the government and made into open source.

So do most of the open source crowd. Their leader Richard Stallman even has a plan to tax us for it.