First he says this:

Gates: Complying 'Not Feasible'

"What's required is clearly not feasible for us to do," Gates said. "We'd be in an awful situation, where we would be under a court order with which we couldn't comply and have to pull Windows out of the marketplace."

And now he says....

Did Gates Help States?

But under pressure from Steven Kuney, an attorney for the states, Gates reversed his position, conceding that Windows XP Embedded -- a customizable version of the operating system aimed at automatic teller machines -- could be configured to operate on a desktop and potentially satisfy the requirements of the provision [of Windows XP with IE and such removed]. ...

... Kuney then asked Gates whether Microsoft had even researched the effects of stripping out components from Windows.

"Have you made an effort to count how many operating system functionalities would fail if you eliminated the code from Windows media player?" asked Kuney.

"I can't think of any analysis," Gates replied.

I don't like Microsoft or the way they do business, though for the most part I'm stuck with their products. However, I'm born again and do NOT support government intervention.

Gates proves that all empires fall, if not today than tomorrow. The MS monopoly is doomed. Just because I can't name its replacement doesn't mean there won't be one. And note "replacement"; it may be an example of "better the enemy you know."