What if it turns out that microsoft is like a starfish, you cut off one arm, it grows into a whole new "starfish". I dont know how breakups would work, im assuming that investers would receive stock distributed evenly over the four companies, hence keeping Gates in a good position to continue making boatloads of cash. Then, after things settle down the baby bills start talking and after a more favorable administration comes into power, and perhaps a few more things happen, they merge again.
The CDA (Communications Decency Act) was a failed attempt by the US Government to regulate 'controversial' (aka pr0n) speech on the Internet, the CDA was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court (But the Gov is at it again!). The Beeping out of bad words on tv probably has more to do with industry regulation than with the government.
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What if it turns out that microsoft is like a starfish, you cut off one arm, it grows into a whole new "starfish". I dont know how breakups would work, im assuming that investers would receive stock distributed evenly over the four companies, hence keeping Gates in a good position to continue making boatloads of cash. Then, after things settle down the baby bills start talking and after a more favorable administration comes into power, and perhaps a few more things happen, they merge again.
The CDA (Communications Decency Act) was a failed attempt by the US Government to regulate 'controversial' (aka pr0n) speech on the Internet, the CDA was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court (But the Gov is at it again!). The Beeping out of bad words on tv probably has more to do with industry regulation than with the government.