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To: Harry Sharp who wrote (17684)2/27/1998 9:04:00 PM
From: Bearded One  Read Replies (2) of 24154
 
Uh, Harry, this is not a street fight. Certainly Microsoft was threatened. And perhaps you could characterize Netscape as "mouthing off," though I wouldn't. However, monopolies being threatened and sometimes overturned is a natural course of events and beneficial for the consumer. Companies that enjoy monopolies are allowed to "fight back" with the exception that they are not allowed to leverage their monopoly powers because that's not a fair fight. The question isn't whether or not Microsoft fought back. The question is whether or not, in fighting back, Microsoft took illegal advantage of its monopoly position in operating systems.

Indeed, that Microsoft was threatened by the browser platform is a major argument of the Department of Justice that Microsoft used illegal tactics.
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