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To: Bearded One who wrote (22622)	2/9/1999 2:50:00 AM
From: Rusty Johnson	Read Replies (1) of 24154

Microsoft's Desktop Monopoly Isn't Worth All This Fuss Business Week Online Commentary by Stephen H. Wildstrom Why? Because computing is increasingly moving to areas where the company is anything but dominant. An extraordinary amount of time in the Microsoft antitrust trial has been devoted to a silly question: Does Windows hold a monopoly on desktop operating systems? Microsoft's monopoly is so obvious that no one but a lawyer could possibly doubt it. The question is also shortsighted. Focusing on Microsoft Corp.'s desktop monopoly fails to recognize that there's a lot more to the computer business -- and that Microsoft has found it surprisingly difficult to build on its existing success in new markets. That's something the Justice Dept. probably should have taken into account before it even filed the suit. Now that the case is under way, it's a consideration that should certainly make U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson think twice before slapping any serious restrictions on the company's business practices. More: Message 7729957

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