> Breaking up Microsoft wouldn't necessarily produce more proper Office alternatives. Oh, it absolutely would. Break Microsoft into the "Office Apps" and "Off

> Breaking up Microsoft wouldn't necessarily produce more proper Office alternatives. Oh, it absolutely would. Break Microsoft into the "Office Apps" and "Office EMail" and "Public Email" pieces and prevent them from talking to one another by backdoor APIs. You will get all manner of competitors popping up once the APIs required to do what is needed are all public. The biggest problem in competing with Microsoft is the integration. If you force Microsoft, itself, to have to use the same public integration as everybody else, screaming will ensue.