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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (7098)	5/11/1998 4:45:00 PM
From: Punko	Read Replies (1) of 19079

Innovation and execution are necessary but not sufficient conditions to compete effectively against a monopolist. Microsoft is in the position it's in because it is capable of stifling innovation, and it is actively doing it. Poor products and clumsy competitors should shrivel up and die. But vibrant new technologies are being slowed, and in some cases not allowed to come to market, and that's where we have the problem. What incentive do you have if you think your ideas can be easily coopted? How can you execute when no funding's available, or when the rules of the game are controlled by your biggest competitor? Check this out for an idea of how we can benefit from a reined in Microsoft. www5.zdnet.com The question of which is worse - the stifling monopoly or the meddling government - is not an easy one; an out of control DOJ is far more dangerous than Microsoft can ever be. But to wink at Microsoft and let it carry on is to pass on the unprecedented opportunities to accelerate the rate of innovation and broaden contribution to future progress that all these advances in computer and telecom technology have provided.

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