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To: Brian Malloy who wrote (35138)	12/8/1999 11:51:00 PM
From: Joe S Pack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

Brian, Brian I don't think you understood the difference between a standard based approach, mutual understanding and stealing outright. DOJ is not there to help thieves. Have you done any analysis on how consumer benefited from two or three recent anti-trust cases by DOJ? IBM, ATT and Shell, for example, are the landmark cases. In all three cases society at large benefited more than what spinmiesters may lead you believe. Of course stock holders never thing in that terms because they are blinded by their short-term gain. Wallstreet never like competition in true sense as they are happy with monopolies that will give a nice dinner, constant feedback to keep their model right and no sweat for the fund managers. About ATT, I have posted my own experience on this thread a few months back. On AOL: 10 years is equivalent to perhaps 100 years on Internet. Who knows what the shape of this monster will be. My time horizon is next 2 to 5 years provided AOL executes well. -Nat