Microsoft did a whole bunch more things wrong after the consent decree. A breakup is not as preposterous today as it was back then.

This issue has been a cash cow for Congressmen, ... and if you make a deal, you kill the cow.

Microsoft makes a pretty powerful case that they need more time. The idea of a breakup wasn't raised officially until April 28, so this hearing comes less than a month later.

If I was a shareholder I'd be rooting for a breakup.

There was an inflight breakup of the aircraft,

Algeria was Russia's traditional arms client in Soviet times, but after the breakup it switched to Ukraine and Belarus mainly, buying Su-27s and MiG-29s. This contract will be Russia's triumphant return to North Africa.