You know how it is when Microsoft positions itself in an advantageous position. Do it my way, or else. Not that I hate MS anymore. I actually like the people at the Macintosh Business Unit. They're very nice and cooperative, but in the end, if the big bosses give them orders, they might just have to execute them.
Competition is a basic requirement for consumers to benefit from healthy market conditions.
If you give all the power to only one entity, you never know when abuse will take place. This is why I believe that Netscape Communicator 5 is needed, and I want it to be great, so that people will have options. Such options will make sure that there are two great players in the game. If one of them goofs and tries to impose its own way, the other can fight back with better respect of Web standards that protect the user against abuse. That's the way it is.