e consumers could sit back and relax, knowing that the DVD format is secure and wont be changed. Another conclusion that many anti-Microsoft people and other people around that world jump to is that the moment that we have a company, such as Microsoft, who is very successful, they immediately think that there must be something wrong. They have to be doing something illegal or immoral to have become this huge. Contrary to popular belief, Microsoft has not gained its enormous popularity through monopolistic and illegal measures, but instead through superior products. I feel that people do have brains, and therefore have the capacity to make rational decisions based on what they think is right. If people didnt like the Microsoft operating systems, there area bout a hundred other choices for operating systems, all of which have the ability to replace Microsoft if the people wanted them. But they dont the people for the most part want Microsoft operating systems. For this reason, I dont take the excuse that Microsoft has gained their popularity through illegal measures. They simply created products that the people liked and the people bought them.On the other side of the issue are the people who believe that Microsoft is indeed operating in a monopolistic manner and therefore, the government should intervene and split Microsoft up. Those who are under the assumption that Microsoft should indeed be split up believe that they should either be split into two separate companies. One deals with operating systems and other dealing strictly with applications. The other group believes that they government should further split Microsoft up into three divisions. One company to create operating systems, one company to create office application, and one company to create applications for the home. All of these people agree that Microsoft should be split up, anyway possible.The first thing those proponents of Microsoft being split up argue that although...
