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...Right. It's hard to resurrect things after anticompetitive practices. But our remedies will keep the door open for other cross-platform products in the future. That's critical, because a whole bunch of new technologies could develop soon if Microsoft's anticompetitive tactics don't strangle them...
...even after a breakup, what's to stop Microsoft from bundling all of these functions into Windows operating systems...
...This is far less radical than trying to impose rules on Microsoft's behavior. This solution puts its faith in the marketplace to govern conduct rather than having the government try to regulate what can go into an operating system. That would require more intrusive ongoing supervision and have greater costs...
...beauty of this approach is that Microsoft would have leeway to develop its operating system as it sees fit, according to what the market wants. It could integrate a browser or anything else. But the dynamics of the market would restrain it. It couldn't leverage Microsoft Word and Office Suite to protect a monopoly in the operating system, so competing operating platforms could spring up. And during a transition phase, there would be rules allowing computer makers and developers to promote competition so that the best products...
...this approach is so great, why did you spend so much time trying to get a compromise based on keeping Microsoft intact...