Uh, so why are you insulting me- we aren't disagreeing. All I'm saying is that unlike what Don implies, this is NOT the deathblow ruling from the government as a matter of illegal monopoly law. As you note though, it makes filing and winning civil lawsuits against M$ much much much easier, because their monopoly is no longer a legal matter of argument. Think of that- they CANNOT make the argument in court that they aren't a monopoly! If they so much as hint that they aren't the judge can rebuke them on the spot! That's like OJ not being able to claim that he wasn't in the house when his wife was killed. This will hurt them a lot.