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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (32806)	11/7/1999 9:52:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Read Replies (1) of 74651

John, Why would INTC think otherwise??? They make a profit on every processor they sell. Each vendor contributues a product to the PC, but the design, pioneered by IBM, has been in the public domain since its inception. Anyone can build one from scratch. I know you know that, John. Why should applications be in the public domain, John??? I can't think of any reason for it. MSFT makes most of their money selling apps anyway. They can keep them and give up the OS to the public domain so competition can be introduced. It would help to open up the PC business and help to sell more PC's. The only thing MSFT would lose would be their monopoly status, which, at this stage of the game, would also be to their benefit. cheers, cherylw

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