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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (41187)	4/5/2000 2:22:00 AM
From: William C. Spaulding	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Thank you for your input. I know that the present lawsuit doesn't really deal with MS Office, but they're basically using the same technique. That's why I wrote the article that I did. Because with MS Office, Microsoft clearly succeeded in using predatory pricing to establish its MS Office monopoly, and, unlike the browser lawsuit, Microsoft has definitely recouped its costs, satisfying the 2 legal requirements for predatory pricing. And I think this case would be much easier to prove, since the evidence is strong and clear. I always wondered why IBM or Corel don't sue, or even ask the DOJ to investigate it. A lawsuit in this area might be worth billions to Corel, which really needs the money. Although I'm not a lawyer, it would seem that this case would be far stronger and easier to prove than the current lawsuit focused on the browsers.

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