They said the same thing about Standard Oil, except after it was broken up there were a bunch of new companies to invest in and make money from.

At this moment the only facebook product I use is whatsapp, which is free of ads thanks to being sponsored by instagram and facebook itself.

Once whatsapp becomes an independent company, I will probably start getting personal messages from Ford, Nike and KFC.

It will be a great company to invest to and make money from, I agree.

Maybe the founders will return, reinstitute the plan for a dollar a year subscription. They seemed to have their values right.

And AT&T, except after it was broken up, all the different pieces all started merging with each other again.

Microsoft was worth approximately 1 trillion dollars in 1999 (adjusted for inflation).

There was a plan in place to split them up, which was only scuttled because Pres. Bush won the election.

1999 was crazy year, I do remember it. Irrational exuberance, as Greenspan put it.

Try it now though, when FB is already what, 30% down from ATH.