because so far a majority of our laws benefit the corps out there, rather than the citizens. With the exception of antitrust laws, and others like the food and drug laws, etc.

But what if AOL bought out Sprint or MCI/Worlcom? What if AT&T and AOL merge? What if AOL and Sony merge?

Many New Internet Computers have failed, and many companies have tried to make Internet appliances and failed. Eventually some company is going to learn from those mistakes and make one that will not fail.

The only way to beat Microsoft is to make a platform with open standards that anyone can use, and find a way to market it to the masses as something better than Microsoft can make. So far, no company or group has done that yet.