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To: Steve Porter who wrote (108300)	4/28/2000 6:29:00 PM
From: Mani1	Read Replies (2) of 1570917

Steve, DOJ is not trying to break up MSFT because it is successful or has strong market share. That is irrelevant. MSFT was found guilty (rightly so) of using that monopoly to destroy its competition. Destroy its competition not by better product, but by using its monoply. THAT IS ILLEGAL! MSFT has been the industry thug and has greatly hurt consumer. Windows is not a good OS and is very over priced. I have been very critical of MSFT since early 1990's. Even today I cannot go to fry's and buy a computer without windows! MSFT forced Compaq to not include Netscape, or they would pull the Window's license, which of course would be the end of Compaq. There are waves of internal memos and emails which shows how MSFT destroyed Netscape by leveraging its OS. How about manipulating its windows's code so it would not work with Real networks player. There are many more examples. CEO testified to these under oath and it was backed up by solid evidence. How soon we forget how much damage MSFT has done! Last time DOJ went after them they did not have the balls to do anything about it. And this time everyone is bitching because their portfolio is down and they want to blame DOJ. I certainly hope that DOJ does what is right and punishes MSFT for all the damage it has caused the industry, and it does something to make sure MSFT will not continue to do so. Mani

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