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Dec 15 3:59 PM EST

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To: Al Bearse who wrote ()	4/1/2000 9:55:00 PM
From: greedsgd_2000	Read Replies (3) of 74651

Little know fact - MSFT holds most of the cards here. No way was Bill Gates going to agree to either breakup or cripple MSFT. MSFT using a full appeal strategy could hold off a final adjudication probably until yr 2002. MSFT may in fact be a de facto quasi monopoly in ONE segment of a much larger computer related universe, however, it is clear to most that the benefits of standardization far outweigh any alleged harm to competitors. Point is MSFT on balance is a benign monopoly. Larry Ellison's plan to have 3 versions of windows - would have been highly destructive to consumers, although quite a windfall for Oracle and the world of giant servers. Glad that Gates did not cave in here.

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