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To: William C. Spaulding who wrote (40243)	4/1/2000 5:22:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (3) of 74651

RE:"Nonetheless, Microsoft shouldn't be allowed to profit from its unethical and anticompetitive behavior. I think the best solution is to regulate Microsoft's prices, so that Microsoft would earn a slightly higher return on software than it would on other ventures. Microsoft would be free to innovate and develop new products, but it wouldn't be allowed to gouge the public." I don't understand...Microsoft gives away the IE5 browser and they are somehow gouging the public. If they are forced to separate the browser and sell it at "regulated" prices how does this help the consumer who was getting it free in the first place? All this would do is subsidise Netscape at the expense of the consumer. When you talk about regulating prices, you take yet another step towards communism...but with an interesting twist. Usually screams about regulation happen when prices are too high...The idea that prices should be regulated because they are ZERO is one of the craziest things I've ever heard. You see, the real issue here isn't prices but who gives the most campaign contibutions to whom and who builds factories in whos' state. Jim

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