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To: Richard M. Smith who wrote (13541)10/23/1997 1:06:00 AM
From: Harvey Allen  Read Replies (1) of 24154
 
The overall purpose of the Final Judgment was confirmed and amplified upon by the
United States in its Memorandum of the United States In Support of Motion to Enter Final Judgment and In Opposition To the Positions of I.D.E. Corporation and Amici, filed January 18, 1995 prior to (and urging) entry of the Final Judgment. After describing Microsoft's operating system dominance, the brief continued:

It is important to note, however, that an alternative to Microsoft's operating system
might arise at some point, an operating system that either displaces Microsoft's or
attracts sufficient users to gain the benefits of increasing returns to the point where
the market is divided between the world of Microsoft and the world of this new
operating system. The proposed Consent Decree insures that this new operating
system, when developed, will have access to the market.

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We cannot say when, or indeed whether, such an operating system will
succeed in displacing Microsoft, but the rewards for that success are so large that we
expect to see continued attempts. We also can say that those who mount such
attempts should not have to face the additional artificial barriers created by
Microsoft's unlawful license provisions.
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