To: Bruce Brown who wrote (9844 ) 11/7/1999 11:06:00 AM From: avanti77 Read Replies (2) | Respond to
<That being said, as students of the Gorilla Game where we are looking for standards in high technology to emerge for the obvious repercussions in our investing, I have been disturbed by the anti-trust litigation that the DOJ has embarked upon in the technology industry. What disturbs me is the far reaching damage that it could cause just might turn out to be much more harmful to the consumer (big and small) and economy than any damage Microsoft caused to its competitors or consumers (big and small) over the years through the natural fact that they became the standard and fought hard to dominate their industry in the 90's. For lack of a better analogy, the entire past two years has reminded me of previous blunders in US history that are somewhat removed from business. Events like Communist black balling, witch hunts and the process that became the norm - political smear campaigns. Plenty have climbed on board to point fingers and raise fists at our monopoly Microsoft. Yet, in so doing, the end result may create more harm for all than any healing of past lost opportunity wounds.>Message 11835429
