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To: Dave who wrote (64278)	1/19/2002 5:01:20 PM
From: Dave	Read Replies (2) of 74651

Dave2, I was not aware that AOL held a monopoly in ISPs. Perhaps you could elaborate? On what do you base this opinion? If AOL is not a monopoly, then it isn't bound by the same restrictions that MSFT is. With monopoly power comes responsibility. I'm no fan of AOL/Time/Warner/Beatrice/Enron, but seriously, even if AOL WERE a monopoly, competing with Microsoft by introducing a new product or purchasing an existing one is hardly an abuse of monopoly power. AOL certainly has not been abusive with its purchase of Netscape! I think they would buy Red Hat for the same reason they bought Netscape: as an incentive for Microsoft to abuse its Windows monopoly less in the future. Dave

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