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To: Mehrdad Arya who wrote (44168)	5/3/2000 9:41:00 AM
From: Insitu	Read Replies (1) of 74651

MA--I, too, have studied the precedents. Very carefully several years ago. Although I am long MSFT, I concluded that the case was a no-brainer. It is and was crystal clear that MSFT held a monopoly position in the relevant market (PC operating systems). There has never been a case where a company had more than a 90% market share in any market, nevermind a market as huge as this, that any court found the company to be anything other than a monopoly. Of course, that's not illegal. But it does mean MSFT has to play by a different set of rules than all others. Sorry, but that's the law. They can't do things that everyone else can do. This has nothing to do with politics, except that MSFT is trying to politicize it. The law is very clear. MSFT either had the most pathetic advisors in history or was too arrogant to listen. Probably a combination. As for the proposed remedy, I don't know. If I were in Steve Ballmer's shoes, I would get a settlement done ASAP and move on.

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