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To: 10K a day who wrote (29789)	8/21/1999 7:16:00 PM
From: CGarcia	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

impristine...but he DID think of it...He gives away MSN Messenger for free too! An original idea with an original name too I might add! ;)

To: 10K a day who wrote (29789)	8/21/1999 10:17:00 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 41369

Impristine Nothing in this world is free. Look at California real estate prices. Even sunlight costs money. So AOL is not giving away ICQ and free Instant messaging. In fact it is a "value add" to its ISP service. And MSFT will not give their ISP for free. As someone has pointed out, MSFT will initially give it away for free to crush the competition and charge us through the nose. I am sure the DOJ folks are aware of this threat and as usual MSFT is thumbing its nose at DOJ by making the threat. In my opinion the choices are very clear for the courts: Leave MSFT to run wild and throw the US free enterprise spirit into a turmoil and we be witness ti companies like SUN, AOL, REDHAT etc. etc.