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To: jhg_in_kc who wrote (6895)	8/15/1999 9:53:00 PM
From: Mike Buckley	Respond to of 9068

JHG, but are you saying that CTRIX could become so dominant it will be like MIcrosoft and subject to DOJ scrutiny? If I can jump into the middle of your conversation with David, maybe I can be some help. David said it could happen if Citrix uses its enabling technology in such a dominant way that combined with its applications technologies the company gets the attention of the DOJ. Most important, he was only speculating in a very imaginative, futuristic kind of way. He likened the possibility of all that happening to the likelihood of the cow jumping over the moon and landing in the White House. I'm not going to spend a lot of time being concerned about that possibility. My impression is that David wants it that way, unless we are contemplating the most remote possibility of selling exceptionally fresh milk at the White House. :) --Mike Buckley

To: jhg_in_kc who wrote (6895)	8/15/1999 10:31:00 PM
From: David Montgomery	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9068

As I said - it is an EXTREMELY long stretch of the imagination. Imagination is the key word. If your imagination can't take you there, then you probably have a healthy imagination. Quit looking for an explanation - there isn't one (at least I don't have one). Let's turn it into wishful thinking. The wishful thinking would be that Network Computing took over and CTXS became the nearly sole provider of the framework and the applications. That would be good. I'd be rich, you'd be rich, everyone at CTXS would be rich. Then the DOJ would be angry because they bought MSFT stock about the time Network Computing came into vogue. I wouldn't claim to believe that there is intelligent life in the Justice Department. For that matter, I'm so jaded that I wouldn't claim to believe that there is intelligent life in the Government. But those bozos sure don't like it when someone tells them they're all screwed up. They just don't like to face facts. And, if all of wild imaginations came about, the Justice department would go after somebody who succeeded at doing something well. Of course, the wild imaginations were about CTXS, so guess who would be the natural target. Personally, I wouldn't worry about it one way or the other. It would, however, be my sincere hope that someday we get some intelligent life in the government. Now - that's really a stretch. So, if you don't get it, you're healthy. I wish I could say the same for the government. dm