[If6was9]

Hey Yo.

"Your great god is dying, my friend. Espouse principles you don't understand. Revel in the cult, but you'll be a minority some day. That stock will hit $10 before it ever hits $100. Guaranteed."

So what the heck is your whole point? They're anti-competitive, but so incompetent they'll lose the market? You're arguing in loops (infinite). Time to recompile bud.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

One way or the other, they're going down. No, not in a week, but they will. They're struggling with their last two big product releases, OfficeXP and WindowsXP (how many machines are running it versus prior versions?)
And I don't think competence ever came into the discussion. In fact, the only thing MS is competent at is acquiring good software and then destroying or devaluing it. (Uh, Visio, anyone?)
My original point is that MS does not represent pure free market capitalism. Read the prior posts before commenting further, please. Thankyouverymuch.