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To: Patsy Collins who wrote (31806)	11/5/1999 7:15:00 PM
From: blankmind	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Good news: the judge's ruling reads like Clintonista psycho-babble. Truly, I'm only on the 1st substantive paragraph, & it says: "Currently there are no products, nor are there likely to be any in the near future, that a significant percentage of consumers world-wide could substitute for Intel-compatible PC operating systems without incurring substantial costs." - the problem w/ the above statement is that Linux is free. Also, Apples aren't that much.

To: Patsy Collins who wrote (31806)	11/5/1999 10:58:00 PM
From: tiquer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

"Let me ask all of you, are we not much better off now, typing and communicating here because MSFT had help fuel this computer revolution over a decade ago?" No, We aren't better off because of Microsoft. Microsoft with their "Monopoly" has impeded progress by picking and choosing the new great technologies developed by others and included them in their OS for their own profit. This was unfair to those who had the ideas and also probably impeded new development for simple fear of Microsoft stealing the next great idea... The decision is right on and hopefully it will help rein Microsoft in and level the playing field a bit more.. Cheers, Roger

To: Patsy Collins who wrote (31806)	11/5/1999 11:17:00 PM
From: Spartex	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

<<Let me ask all of you, are we not much better off now, typing and communicating here because MSFT had help fuel this computer revolution over a decade ago? >> Maybe to some degree. But it was the government's DOD-DARPA program that developed the internet protocol. The unleashing of this technology into the "free enterprise" world has been the real exciting part. Imagine how long it would take if only one company was in control of innovation for the internet? =;-) I love competition!! Its the spirit and essence of who we are and where we're going.