<Microsoft will be forced to disclose its technology to competitors.

This stinks. It wasn't necessary, even if you support knocking down monopolies. Open source software was already making significant inroads in the operating system market.

This was political, and cheered on by competitors who couldn't make the cut.

I remember when the Big Guy on the Block was IBM, and the antitrust vultures were chewing on them. IBM eventually prevailed, and whaddaya know, the world is not currently under the total control of IBM now, is it? Or General Motors, or General Electric, or any of the other megagiants of my youth that the Left insisted would destroy us all if not forcibly knocked down and broken up.