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I think hackers in general have always suspected that what the government did would turn out to be irrelevant (Eric S Raymond)

I guess they still do have a monopoly on desktop clients -- and as a result, it would be great to see some restrictions on their ability to use that monopoly in anticompetitive ways -- but we have to remember that the desktop is less of a power base than it was a few years ago. (Tim O'Reilly)