have interests very much in common with Australia's farmers and the National Party. Think about that one! You remain way off the page as far as common understanding of political balance in this country. Wolf Thunder: 14 Jun 2012 8:55:06am Actually Peter w Microsoft was not broken up, which would only occur under US laws which govern monopolies. There were law suits between Apple and Microsoft in the mid-1980s that had to do with software patents, but Microsoft has never been broken up. More recently, there were lawsuits computer manufacturers who bridled at the demand by Microsoft to companies to run it's software as the only operating system on CPUs. The law suits were designed to shut out Apple's easier to use OS from expanding computer markets, mainly in Europe. And the rest is history. Steve Jobs went on to design hardware for his OS platforms and now it's an Apple world better or worse What suits you argument was in trust-busting AT&T, the Bell Telephone System, breaking up its communications monopoly into regional telephone companies known as the Baby Bells. These companies became larger than the original. Before mobile/cellular phones became a way of life. Blzbob: 14 Jun 2012 9:32:27am I agree, there should be a limit to the size of any business. Our country should continue to be governed by an elected government, and no business has the right to prey on unfortunate peoples gullibility to believe untruths. OUB : The Cat: 14 Jun 2012 7:13:07am Mark, What