How to Rein in Microsoft's Marketplace Dominance Don't Go the Antitrust Route; Instead, Change the Country's Outdated Copyright Laws

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IN a recent Doonesbury, Bernie asks Mike, "Who makes the software that runs 80 percent of the world's P.C.'s?" Mike answers "Microsoft, of course." Bernie then asks whether the world runs on computers and Mike responds in the affirmative. Bernie finally puts it to Mike by asking who rules the world, and Mike sighs, "Why don't we just give Bill Gates all the money now and get it over with!"

When Microsoft premiered Windows 95, some stores stayed open past midnight so customers could snap up the software during the early morning hours of Thursday, Aug. 24, the official launch day. This product is the first major replacement software for running personal computers in five …