It wouldn&#x27;t. The US Government is extraordinarily dangerous and powerful. In the case of Microsoft taking such action:<p>1) The Feds have the guns. That specifically includes the general threat of guns-out federal agents storming the Microsoft campus for trumped up reasons to make a raw show of power. Microsoft&#x27;s stock would plunge.<p>2) They have the IRS, Homeland Security, DOJ, FCC, FTC, SEC, and every other agency they could possibly need to break Microsoft&#x27;s leadership and its board of directors. It would be done within a month and would be tragically easy.<p>Just the smallest potential of this type of scenario would have MSFT shareholders shitting their collective pants.<p>The US Government directly lords over all interstate commerce, in dozens of ways. They could, within the span of a few days, rule that Microsoft was impeding interstate commerce, posing a danger to national security, and they could order federal agents to take control of Microsoft; that wouldn&#x27;t occur, it would merely be hinted at, at which point most of the board would immediately resign as would the CEO; the US Government would then watch as a new temporary board and CEO is installed. The US Government is able to force ports open - if need be - on the same basis they would use to force Microsoft &#x27;open.&#x27; They could do it with either a soft touch, or be as forceful as necessary.