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To: Kimberly Lee who wrote (309)	8/11/1999 10:59:00 PM
From: Tom Markowski	Respond to of 1794

Do you think the Justice Dept will let MSFT crush RHAT. Be real. MSFT knows they need to stay away from Linux, or the FEDS will swoop down. In the OLD days MSFT would play HARDBALL with every hardware & software company that came within 1000 miles of Linux, now they can't do squat. At least publicly. MSFT has competition, and that's just what the JD wants. But the reality is that even if RHAT and others got 20% share, they probably would be content. TM

To: Kimberly Lee who wrote (309)	8/15/1999 9:15:00 PM
From: Pink Minion	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1794

<<Microsoft has a big bulls eye on it's belly Yes, and a big double-barrel shotgun in its hands (or is it a BFG9000?).>> I would like to know what MSFT can do? What are your thoughts? 1. FUDD? They've tried that. We're on them like flies on $hit. 2. Create their own version like they did with Java. Dumb, very dumb. 3. Give Windows 2000 away for free. Second joke of the day. 4. Others???? Us geeks need to plan our battle lines too! This is about open software. The OS should be a commodity. Everyone benifits. Freedom wins in the end. It also will. MH