Nice to see he's thought about it since then. But anyways: > "simply because it makes no sense to maintain two different versions of the software" Except this

Nice to see he's thought about it since then. But anyways: > "simply because it makes no sense to maintain two different versions of the software" Except this isn't true. European law already requires Microsoft to separate certain features from it's core for European distribution - which is why there's Windows N for them and normal Windows for the US. Other pressures (such as government mandated backdoors, or regional media licensing) could easily create a situation where a company would find it beneficial to shard their software by market. (Which is, again, a load only larger companies can easily take on or optimize for!)