Well! just perhaps, By the time you read this article we will all have a much clearer Idea of just what will happen to Microsoft after the recent judgement in an American Court that they are Guilty of an Unfair Monopoly and bad business practices.
Having judged that Microsoft ARE guilty, We must now await the Punishment to be doled out. It could be a Massive fine or even the Splitting of the company into several Distintive trading Groups!
Lets say, For one minute that the Judge decides to Fine Microsoft for their unfair Business Practice's of late, Just what would this Mean?
Well! when you concider that "Microsoft" is
valued at "Half a Trillion Dollers" any fine would be Shrugged
off as Small change! Just concider for one moment what Half
a Trillion Dollers amounts to! It is enough to fund the NHS (National Health
System in the UK) until 2011, Bill Gates himself has a Personal Fortune
close to 100 Billion Dollers, Thus making him RICHER that
New Zealand or Ireland, Or if would still can't Perceive this
vast Fortune, Mr Gates could easily Pay off Africa's
National Debt and still live in Comfort for the rest
of his Natural life!
How can a Monetary Fine or Penalty Harm something Sooo! Big, I a word
it can't.
Just how did Microsoft get to be so big? Sorry to all PC users out there,
It certainly is not because "Windows" is such a good product,
In fact almost all experts in the Computing field will tell
you, "Windows" is a passable Operating System, Better that
a few, But worse than a lot. No Microsoft grew so big, Not because of the
Product, But rather because Bill Gates is such an
exceptional Businessman!
In Microsoft's early days it was Bill Gates who struck up a deal with IBM, Whereby they Agreed to use HIS Operating System on all their Computers! ALL PC's even to this day are regarded as IBM CLONES, Ensuring that the Majority of PC's in the world now use Microsoft's Windows System.
Even if we look at the very near future, Windows are almost assured of a vast injection of Capital, WHY Because the Computer revolution of CHINA is just getting underway, There is the Potential for a further Billion and a Half new Customers, And a lot more money into the "coffers" of Microsoft and Mr Gates.
So a fine to Microsoft is really a Wasted exercise! So just what will the American Government decide to do to the Microsoft World Dominance? Well Breaking up the Company into several independant operations would severely restrict the POWER of Microsoft, And there is a very strong Possibility that this will happen.
What we are seeing here is a Battle! A Battle between
Microsoft and the American Government over control of
the information age. Truth be known, Microsoft
is now so big that many in Government FEAR the power
that the Wield in the land of Computing.
Now before all you American readers start writing hate mail to me!
I should perhaps make it quite clear that this statement could
also hold true in almost every Country in the World.
It is an In built part of Human nature to support the Underdog! Well! that is until the Underdog becomes the TopDog then Mankind turns against them!
Let me try to explain the statement a little better, Several years
ago, In the world of Snooker, An exciting new Talent was announced
to the World in the name of Steve Davis,
Almost the whole of the UK supported him and his efforts to become
the Youngest man to lift the world Crown, Which of course he
did, And then Again and Again. Steve Davis became a Victim
of his own Success and the Snooker fans started to look
for a person to overturn his Dominance So emerged Stephen Hendry!
Through the Years He achieved all the Steve Davis did and More,
So again the Fans turned on him and looked for someone to beat
him, And so it goes! Why are Jimmy White and Alex Higgens
Known as the Peoples champions, Is it not because we always want
to support the Underdog? Until that is they become a success
then we stop supporting them.
Would Diana have become "The Peoples Princess" or
the "Queen ofHearts" If the Royal Family had treated
her as an Equal? I doubt it!
The simple fact is that Bill Gates and Microsoft have become Victims of their own Success, People, Even People in Government are running Scared at the Power and Success they have achieved. This success will be their downfall as Many now want them to fail, To put them back in the place that they belong!
However Mr Gates and Microsoft have sufficent funds behind them to put up one Hell of a fight! and the Battle is not over Yet!
However we are witnessing the beginning of the end, A piece
of Modern day History, The Fall of the Microsoft Dynasty