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To: DavesM who wrote (7596)	4/9/2002 2:09:11 PM
From: Arrow Hd.	Read Replies (1) of 8218

I don't know the answer regarding DOS and CPM. There are folks who come on this board who have a much better handle on that than me. Regarding the PC as an open system, the Consent Decree had little to nothing to do with that. Though IBM had very close ties to Intel in those days there was no exclusive deal on technology so my view is that the IBM PC became an "open" system because Intel and Microsoft were able to market to all PC manufacturers and IBM cross licensed their intellectual property (which sometimes is a legal exposure if you choose not to) with these manufacturers thus spawning the "IBM compatible". I believe that even if IBM owned the MSFT code and the Intel chip designs they would still have cross licensed and in this sense the Consent Decree would come into play along with other anti-trust doctrine to avoid legal issues and sometimes getting a piece of a huge market is more profitable than getting all of a smaller market which could have happened if Apple prevailed.

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