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To: miraje who wrote (9856)	7/31/1998 2:58:00 PM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (2) of 74651

James, learn a little more about economies and what is good or bad for them before spouting off with drivel. Anti-Trust regulations are a must in a Capitalist economy. Right are 100% correct that NOVL had a near monopoly in the NOS market - I believed they only maxed at a marketshare of about 75%. But even if they did have a monopoly - the big difference between them and MSFT is that while they had it, they followed the guidelines of the anti-trust rules. They did not leverage their monopoly to crush all the 3rd party ISV. If fact, if NOVL wanted to play dirty and keep MSFT LAN-Manager (now called NT) out of the market, they could have spread FUD around saying IPX would not work properly on on NOSes. They could have licenced IPX for all other NOSes. They could have changed the IPX protocol and other server components and surprised companies like MSFT with the change. There is so many dirty games they could have played - BUT - they played fair. A company with a monopoly that abides by the anti-trust rules must keep competitive and on its toes or risk losing their monopoly to others. This keeps a capitalistic economy healthy. MSFT breaks a good number of the rules and most of the industry knows it (the other part of the industry doesnt want to admit it because they are either a MSFT employee or an ISV that has ridden on MSFT's coat-tails and dreads seeing it come to an end). These practices are unhealthly for the computer industry and for the end consumer because MSFT wont need to provide better products, they simply crush a competitor with their monopoly leverage. Take an hour James and learn what the Anti-trust rules are all about before making stupid statements like Anti-trust laws need to be abolished. Toy

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