Good article from Dan Gilmor on the Microsoft Antitrust verdict.

"This is a day for satisfaction, not joy. Those who chortle over a bully's comeuppance shouldn't forget that this particular bully has done many things right and that most of the people at Microsoft are honest and diligent. And given that many Silicon Valley executives would mimic Bill Gates' worst acts if they had the chance, their glee isn't all that attractive."

Also, "For its part, Microsoft is now relying on an appeals-court victory or ultimate triumph in the Supreme Court. The stakes are the same as they've been all along. If Microsoft wins this case on appeal, the effect will be to invalidate antitrust in the Digital Age."

This is a very important point, and I've heard it before. If Microsoft isn't a monopoly now and didn't engage in anticompetetive practices, etc. then it'd be a bad day in the future when we finally had a company who was and did.

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