MORE ON MICROSOFT. Brad DeLong has weighed in on the recent Microsoft ruling. The unanswered question he raises is classic Bastiat: we see Microsoft. What have we not seen in the way of innovation in operating systems? In his post, he has not addressed this dimension: to what extent was Microsoft's creativity diverted to battling the Justice Department, or avoiding the kind of product development that proved to be unreasonable for United Shoe Machinery?