I think that you are all missing the basic point here. Wether or not Sauron is the master of the ring does not matter. There are those that can, possesing the ring, turn it to their will and destroy Sauron. This would then mean that they are the master of the one ring (wether or not it would decrease in power or continue to have any power at all has never been stated by tolkien or chris tolkien and therefore cannot be determined). In either case the destruction of Sauron without the destruction of the ring is definetly possible although the destroyer would him/herself be corrupted in the process. This is explicitly stated at the Council of Elrond in FOTR. If you did not realize this I reccomend a little re-reading.
Dondagnirion
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