Why split Microsoft?

[Chris Burford]

Anti-monopoly law is a capitalist reformist device.  It keeps exploitation 
going by not allowing the contradiction between the social nature of 
production and the private ownership of the means of production to become 
too glaring.

Do progressive people really want Microsoft broken up? Why not require it 
to publish its source code, like Netscape did?

Below is the result of the first 6,000 unrepresentative votes on CNN's 
website plus their ridiculously value laden questions, but Microsoft seems 
to have a fair chance of winning some of the battle for "public opinion".

What do we think is really progressive?

Chris Burford

London

Should a federal judge split Microsoft into two smaller companies?

Yes, its the only way to curb the software giant's monopoly power       35%

No, the government shouldn't meddle with the marketplace                  65%

Created 21:17 EDT Fri Apr 28   almost 6,000 votes by 12:52 am 29 April EDT