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To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (21606)	11/20/1998 12:01:00 PM
From: Bearded One	Read Replies (2) of 24154

>>Microsoft has engaged in conduct that it could not profitably pursue unless it possessed monopoly >> power. For instance, when one OEM removed the IE icon from the Windows 95 desktop, Microsoft >> responded by threatening to terminate that OEMs' Windows 95 license. The OEM capitulated to >> Microsoft's demands.35 It is plain it did so because, as OEMs universally explain, a Windows license >> is essential to remaining competitive in the OEM market.36 This capitulation is itself evidence of >> Microsoft's monopoly power. This comes very close to saying that, because Microsoft engages in conduct that would be predatory if it were a monopolist the fact that it engages in such conduct proves it is a monopolist. I think the point isn't that Microsoft engaged in certain conduct, but that the conduct was successful. After all, I could write a letter to Compaq stating that if they don't take my browser, I won't sell them my operating system as well. But my conduct won't result in them taking my browser.

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