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To: Frank Ellis Morris who wrote (34081)	11/17/1999 2:14:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Read Replies (2) of 74651

Frank, I'm not a shareholder of MSFT. Giving up rights to Windows would not be easy, but it's not the end of the world for MSFT, either. Over 40% of gross comes from the sale of Office. There's plenty of money to be made in apps. The only thing MSFT would have to give up is its stranglehold (monopoly) on the desktop market. If I were a long on MSFT, I'd be SCREAMING for them to settle & give up Windows, so the company could put all this behind them & move on. If they don't, and choose to "fight it out" they are just going to prolong the agony. Fighting a political battle to solve their anti-trust problems is a LOSING strategy. You can't trust politicians, Frank. Not of any stripe. They're all cut from the same cloth. They will talk the talk until you have faith, but getting them to walk the walk is another story altogether. Good luck to you & all MSFT longs.

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