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To: jhild who wrote (10599)	12/12/1997 10:18:00 PM
From: Scrapps	Read Replies (3) of 22053

Jhild I do think Microsoft has a strong chance to win their case. I disagree with your opinion of what the Judge has done and/or thinks, he has simply made the safest ruling he could without any chance of error on his part. From the article you linked to: The judge for the time being denied the Justice Department request to hold the software giant in contempt -- and to pay a penalty of $1 million a day -- for violating a 1995 antitrust agreement aimed at fostering competition in the software industry. The judge also denied the government's attempt to force Microsoft into changing its non-disclosure agreements with PC makers. My concerns are based in the government's ineptness in understanding how those competing in the private sector and the free enterprise system function. I see Microsoft having history on it's side in proving it's acceptable to combine the browser into Windows. Hell just a little over two years back they did basically the same thing with Windows & DOS in Windows95. Another thing I'm starting to believe is the browser is as much a part of the OS as anything else. The browser is no different than printing, faxing, scanning and so on...it's all part of the continuing evolution of the PC. I can see video, telephone, banking, shopping and other things becoming a portion of the OS...it's what the future holds. If I were to offer a solution to the situation I'd say the copyright laws are being used in away not intended. An operating system software program should be limited to a time frame such as a patent and after seventeen years or whenever be available in the public domain. This would spur competition, foster innovation and prevent monopolies. One way I look at this is that Netscape has no right to say Microsoft can't modify theie own goods or products, weather it be for better or worse. I do think it will be very hard to argue where the beginning and the end of an operating system is meant to be. If that is possible then Microsoft should be forced to make it available at a reasonable cost for Netscape and others to modify and market.

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