The plaintiffs are the real robber barons in the realm of anti-trust. Microsoft is the victim. Let's be clear. Economic power is the power to create and produce. Political power is the power to coerce and punish.
Economic power entails intellectual achievement.
Political power entails physical aggrandizement. Economic power involves voluntary trade to mutual advantage, trade with whomever you choose to deal and with whoever chooses to deal with you. Unlike political power, which entails fear and punishment, economic power means the offering of incentives and rewards. Economic power is the power of a dollar how many you earn and how many you can spend determines the extent of your power. Political power involves involuntary subjugation to the state, which has sole discretion over the use of force.