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To: t2 who wrote (32016)11/5/1999 10:48:00 PM
From: shades  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74651
 
1st - MSFT on DJIA as a ploy to stop stock from falling - timing of this was suspicious - great power manipulated this - you hurt MSFT - you hurt the country - the economy - the average joe investor - this alone will keep any real damage from happening stockwise - that or we tank our economy - no one wants that do they?

2cnd - DOJ had to prove microsoft used monopoly power to hurt PEOPLE - I think they are going to have a hard time doing that

3rd - States and companies can use this ruling to SUE for large chunks of money - which may be what all this game is about - not about you the little guy - you will see none of it - this is just an easy way to transfer some big cash tax free in the halls of power - mayhaps at levels you cannot comprehend - this is what was wanted - a shift of money and power in a way people thought was done to benefit them - but in the end will hurt them - lets the government get into the regulation business - billy boy already controls the govt - remember standard oil - the monopolist got richer AFTER the breakup

4th - MSFT being one of the largest forces helping the US trade deficit - MSFT cannot lose if America remains a world superpower - wether broken up - sued - they will be realligned and the money distributed and company structured in a way to dominate more than they do now - absolute power corrupts absolutely and the had all the power years ago - this is all just entertainment for the elite



To: t2 who wrote (32016)11/6/1999 2:22:00 AM
From: RTev  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74651
 
Why is the DOJ not going after INTEL?

They did go after Intel. Intel settled. They made concessions and agreed to do things differently. And it's no big deal.

Microsoft might have settled, but decided that this process is better in the long run. I think they were wrong, but most of the stockholders on this thread have made it clear in the past months that they agree with that decision.