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To: Eric Wells who wrote (102062)4/24/2000 9:11:00 PM
From: GST  Read Replies (1) of 164684
 
Eric: I am sorry, I neglected some of your points.
<1. poorer quality products
2. a substantial increase in time required for innovation
3. higher prices
4. a nightmare>

These four points are exactly what half the world believes we already have as a result of MSFTs actions in the past 5 years. I have never been a MSFT employee, perhaps you see it differently. But I have never considered MSFT to be a creator of high quality products, a great innovator, or cheap prices. On the contrary - there are many users of MSFT products who believe they "put up with" MSFT because of its dominance -- pure and simple. MSFT has used its installed base as a lever -- not its innovative capability, product quality and pricing. And it did so very effectively -- too effectively as it turns out. Perhaps you are stuck in a mode of thinking that believes what is good for MSFT is good for IT and the world -- remember the good old days when people said "what is good for GM is good for the economy?" GM couldn't believe the world could exist without them. I'll bet ATT also thought communication on this planet would cease if they were broken up. They believed that their monopoly profits "fueled innovation". Such silliness.
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