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Dec 11 3:59 PM EST

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To: Alan Buckley who wrote (19821)	4/6/1999 4:29:00 PM
From: t2	of 74651

Alan, I agree with your post in general. However, there is a point to be made for a settlement as it gets the trial cloud out of the way. I think MSFT will benefit in public opinion if they settle. IMHO, their success had a lot to do with the public (in particular corporate America) falling in love with this company's products (I know the computer geeks hated MSFT). THis in turn made MSFT as the choice for consumers who learned to how the use the software at the "office". THey got their training in using MSFT software at work and will continue to use at home. However, if public opinion turns against MSFT, they will still win in corporate America but will lose in consumer business. That is why they may want to settle. Maybe that is why they wanted a consumer division. In addition, the deals would involve only Windows98 anyways---it would not affect NT or its successor Windows2000 as those don't have near monopoly positions. In fact it is believed that it is very competitive market with Linux, Novell etc. IMO, it is not that competitive but the important thing is that it appears to be competitive as far as MSFT is concerned.

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