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Technology Stocks : Novell (NOVL) dirt cheap, good buy?
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To: PJ Strifas who wrote (28890)11/11/1999 8:37:00 PM
From: Scott C. Lemon  Read Replies (1) of 42771
 
Hello PJ,

> Like I said in my post - what MSFT did is defend it's product at
> the expense of another company's competing product.

I agree that this is one possible perspective to take ... and as I said in my post, Microsoft was able to close a potential security hole which could be exploited at the expense of their customers ...

> ANY company yes but is MSFT just ANY company? In your mind's eye
> they appear to be just like any other company out there. In my
> mind's eye, they are not.

I would agree ... they are a very effective and successful company ... who have crossed some lines. So if we are going to state that some new rules should apply to them, I can't understand why they should not apply to all? If we are going to say that their architecture should be open, and extensible ... then why not across the board? (I would actually indicate that if you follow the Linux/Open Source model/Cathedral and the Bazaar beliefs then it should be common sense to open up ...)

> In the recent ruling of the court in the DOJ vs MSFT case, it is
> stated that MSFT is NOT like any other company but that they enjoy
> certain benefits of their market position.

(Oops ... not a ruling ... a "finding of fact" ... but agreed ... the judge decided that Microsoft did enjoy certain benefits ...)

> By leveraging that market position to maintain or enhance the
> status quo violates the Sherman Anti-trust laws.

Agreed ... and some lines were crossed ...

Scott C. Lemon
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