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To: RetiredNow who wrote (4978)	2/4/1998 7:34:00 PM
From: Liatris Spicata	Read Replies (3) of 74651

mindmeld- "abuse" and "monopolistic" are your loaded terms. In fact MSFT does not enjoy a monopoly- ever hear of OS/2, Linux, Plan9 etc? Microsoft is engaged in purely mutually voluntary transactions with its customers. If they get too arrogant in the marketplace, that will simply open the door to one of the lurking competitors I've mentioned (or possibly someone else). It is the Defender of Ruby Ridge and her myrmidons who are the aggressors in this act. What you call "monopolistic power" (even when no monopoly exists- or is IBM also a "monopoly" since it has exclusive rights to OS/2? and the conditions under which it is marketed) others might call a competitive free market with a dominant player. In a free society a company would have every legal right to say "we will not sell you our product if you sell our competitor's product". It is you who are allied with the thugs of the world who wish to impose their own version of rectitude on the mutually voluntary transactions of consenting adults and have no compunction about initiating the use of force to do so. Larry

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