Will Obamacare succeed where term limits failed?

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

I don't know that I'd consider Microsoft as a monopoly- and certainly not Apple. Both have had meteoric rises in their respective markets, but increased competition and changing markets have seen both decline somewhat.

Microsoft in particular is in trouble as the market places more emphasis on tablets and portable devices- their attempt to get in on the action (Windows8) has pretty much been a flop.

Microsoft is still technically a monopoly in home computing, and a complete monopoly in the workplace (outside dedicated servers).

Their issues currently stem from trying to muscle into the tablet market and lock machines down to enforce that monopoly - so Linux won't work on a UEFI board with the Microsoft Serial Key burned into the UEFI. You have to turn the modern UEFI off and use legacy BIOS.

Windows 8 has basically failed to capture the PC market - Windows 7 still dominates - but the Microsoft Surface Pro 2 is the first step towards ABSOLUTE dominance on the Tablet market - people are already realising that the iPad and Android are developmental cul-de-sacs.

As regards US healthcare - I hear the new web sign up facility has only had around 27,000 people thus far.

Looks like this terrible healthcare Law is going to fail on its own.