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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (23632)	11/20/1999 1:45:00 PM
From: Gerald R. Lampton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

What to Do About Microsoft? Antitrust Experts Offer Opinions nytimes.com You may have picked up this article already in your postings, but I find the following comment by Litan, who negotiated the Consent Decree, interesting: In the end, Litan concluded, "the operating system market will probably collapse over time." "There may be just one left, one winner," he said. "But whoever won would be severely chastened by this case." It is interesting, though, that three of these five economists want to go structural. Both Salop and Litan say the compay should be divided into an applications company and three OS companies. Me, I say keep things simple stupid. Just divide them into equal parts and let them do whatever thay want.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (23632)	11/20/1999 10:13:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 24154

Heres an interesting article about Posner from the (anti-msft) SJ Mercury. While Jackson has been leaning toward a relatively modest remedy -- he has privately suggested to all the parties that Microsoft simply allow individuals to choose which software gets loaded on their computer -- Posner's appointment ups the ante for everyone involved. In the May 1999 issue of the Stanford Law Review, Posner praises the government's breakup of AT&T's telephone monopoly: ``This was a landmark in the deregulation movement and set the stage for the enormous growth in telecommunications that is so salient a feature of today's economy.' On the other hand, Posner approved of the breakup in large part because he believed AT&T's monopoly was an artificial creation caused by government intervention in the marketplace. Microsoft's monopoly emerged without government involvement. sjmercury.com I didn't know Jackson was suggesting allowing Dell to add other vendor software to the pre-loaded windows boxes... how can Msft have a problem with that? This is where msft really crossed the line anyway I always thought. Looks like Posner could be a little tougher...