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Politics : Ask Michael Burke
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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (84236)10/14/2000 11:36:00 PM
From: Shane M  Read Replies (1) of 132070
 
>>>I don't see a heck of a lot of upside until the anti-trust bit shakes out, and who knows when that will be. They have paid off the media to weep and moan for them in public, but the fact that they are a monopolist is obvious. And, without monopoly pricing power, the co. is nothing. <<<

Michael, I agree that they're a monopolist. I don't see that the govt proposal damages MSFT's monopoly position that greatly however. The proposal doesn't make the OS compete against itself which would've been the most direct blow to MSFT's monopoly in OS.

From a market dynamic viewpoint do you see OS as mortally wounded without the MS family of apps held hostage to the platform? The logical conclusion in OS seems to still lead to a natural monopoly and there's alot of companies with alot invested in the success of Windows and NT. In other words, does an independent apps division still not find it in its best interest to develop primarily to support the Windows OS? (Internet net risk not withstanding).

Thanks,
Shane
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