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To: ed who wrote (92)	5/14/1998 8:15:00 PM
From: energy_investor	of 144

Ed, I applaud Microsoft for what they have done(i.e., create the "standard" os for home PC's). But the fact remains that they are now a monopoly and it is illegal for monopolies to abuse their market power by giving their OTHER products special advantages through the monopoly that they hold. The answer: force Microsoft to play fair (if you have done any reading whatsoever on the web and in PC magazines, it is abundantly clear that they do not play fair and are exceptionally ruthless) or force them to spin off the os. The os would still be the standard, but the other Microsoft divisions would now have to compete on a level playing field. These are the rules in the US and most other industrial societies. Sorry if you don't like them,but that is the way it is. I don't like speed limits, but I have to obey the law (my loss is society's gain). Dwight probably doesn't like not being able to buy a 120mm Howitzer, but his loss is everyone else's gain ;). It's all moot anyway. The game is up for Microsoft. Sorry, but that is the way it is; you are flogging a dead horse.

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