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To: Muffin Man who wrote (50)	5/7/1998 11:47:00 AM
From: HerbertOtto	Read Replies (3) of 144

Break-up MSFT before they take away our freedom. No choice left. The Mafia-style 'competition' tactics Bill Gates' henchmen have used on small companies when they wanted their technology is an early indication of the logical extreme of allowing a monopoly to wield power unchecked. MSFT is not criminal for making profits, but for the way in which they make their profits. Like the 'strret protection' gangs in 1920's Chicago. Pay the protection money or we'll break your arm. It is no longer competition. << The only reason MSFT is so popular is because they make a good product... >> If there were any alternative to Windows 95, many of us would choose it. In the case of some of the applications, the reason for using MSFT is often because of fear that MSFT has put something in the code that blocks a competitor's product from working properly. That may be irrational, but has been cited in many cases. That question even made it to the surface on national TV last week. With no competitor, MSFT's practices are unchecked, and threaten the freedoms that many of us have fought for. Not some abstract question of whether the richest man in the world is free to become even richer, but whether the millions of us 'Real Americans' can live free from fear. That would be silly if not for the fact that for so many of us, our livelihoods depend on using computers. All freedoms have limits in order for humans to co-exist. The old saw, 'Your freedom to act ends at my nose' gets the idea across. MSFT has violated that idea many times. Consumers have tolerated this behavior thinking it benefited them. The plight of the violated victims does not get much attention in the age of celebrity. Bill Gates gets all the air time he wants. His victims remain virtually nameless. Now that Bill Gates has found his way to Washington DC, I worry that politicians-needing-dollars for campaigns will see Dollar-Bill as a potential big daddy - at least somebody not to make into an enemy. The potential dictator is Bill Gates... not the US Government - the representatives of all Americans. Enough for now. Enjoy your freedoms. Herbert

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