Nice "Essay". I also bet that you dream in complete Eastman Color as well, right?
MS is to big - too powerful and has it's hands in too many things to simply "die"! I read somewhere that if MS decided to pay off all the share holders and close its doors tomorrow, may western governments have to scramble to hire all the MS staff just to maintain the status quoi!
As I guessed - you do dream in color...
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