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To: jim kelley who wrote (22515)	11/7/1999 7:10:00 PM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

You got it wrong again. I asserted that SUNW management is not concerned about ethics in its business practices. I have known and known of many of them. I believe you said that SUNW's practices were "certainly no more ethical or legal" than MSFT's or INTC's. The court has found that M$FT is guilty of illegal practices. If your statement that SUNW's practices are no more legal than M$FT's doesn't mean that SUNW is guilty of illegal practices, then what does it mean? Ethics, especially in the computer industry, is in the eye of the beholder. Assertions of illegal behavior can be proved with evidence, as seems to have been done in this case. M$FT engaged in illegal business practices, according not to me but to the court (or at least it's extremely likely that the finding of law will come out that way). There is no evidence to show that SUNW has engaged in such practices, regardless of whom you've met. I don't work for anybody but myself, directly or indirectly. SUNW is the largest holding in my portfolio. M$FT is the third largest. I agree that they have a natural monopoly, and that makes them a good investment. I don't want to see it go down and I don't believe it will over anything but the short term. However, I would like to see M$FT do business without screwing their customers and partners, which they most definitely do. If they played legal, rather than illegal, hardball, they could be an even better investment. Regards, --QwikSand