Is the Justice Department really serious about this?
>From CNN's website.


                                     Robber barons?


                  The government fired  back at Microsoft, with Attorney
General Janet Reno
                  emphasizing the Justice Department's determination to
create a fair market and
                  competition among U.S. businesses.

                  "America was not made the industrial giant of the world by
the robber barons
                  alone," Reno told her weekly press conference. "It was
made the industrial
                  giant of the world by competition, by encouraging new
developments, by
                  encouraging young entrepreneurs to break into the market.
It's the best system
                  I've seen so far."

                  In view of Microsoft's monopoly with the Windows operating
system, Reno was
                  asked why the Justice Department has bought tens of
thousands of PCs
                  running Windows, rather than buying alternative operating
systems.

                  She replied that monopolies limit choice, "I don't think
you endorse something
                  by purchasing it," Reno said, "if that's the only game in
town...in terms of an
                  effective machine, the lowest price available."