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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 478.53-1.0%Dec 12 9:30 AM EST

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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (8210)6/1/1998 5:57:00 PM
From: M31  Read Replies (1) of 74651
 
Dwight -- Leveraging a monopoly to avoid competition on merits is illegal. And I agree with mrknowitall that your Coke & Pepsi and credit card company analogies are flawed for the reasons he stated.

Since you're such a big fan of our government, I've selected two of my favorite quotes -- one from the Attorney General and the other from Bob Dole -- just for you!

Attorney General Janet Reno: "The Internet is an immensely popular medium for communication, commerce, and the information flow of the 21st century. No firm should be permitted to use its monopoly power to develop a chokehold on the browser software needed to access the Internet."

Mr. Dole said that Microsoft "may have earned that monopoly through legal, aggressive competition, but it cannot be allowed to violate antitrust laws ... by using that monopoly to then stifle competition, slow down innovation and leverage itself into monopolies in other markets."

M31
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