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To: Stormweaver who wrote (19176)	9/2/1999 12:01:00 PM
From: Prognosticator	Read Replies (1) of 64865

We cannot rule Msft a monopoly just because no other company has been able technically to create a rival to MS Windows/DOS. There have always been alternatives to MS products. Microsoft has an agressive business style; that's why there stock has increased a multiple of 144 from inception. Business is survival of the fittest - keep the government out of it. Microsoft is a de-facto monopoly simply because it holds 95% of the desktop market. Monopolies themselves are not a problem. Abuse of a monopoly is. Microsoft's aggressive business style includes abuse of that monopoly. That's why the government is involved. P.

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