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To: Daniel W. Koehler who wrote (37431)	2/5/2000 8:10:00 AM
From: Joseph S. Lione	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Daniel - " Apparently to you, all monopolies aren't bad. Just the ones that can't coerce us with the force of law. Based on your post, in my opinion, you're just another know-it-all, busybody, statist ideologue dilettante who believes in the altruism of State." Who is John Galt? Best wishes, Joe

To: Daniel W. Koehler who wrote (37431)	2/6/2000 6:24:00 PM
From: Brian P.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

<<you are hoist on your own petard, as it were, when you rail against monopolizing free markets>> Hoist on me own petard, eh matey? As it were! Eegads! Fed guv = absolute monopoly...... 'splain that one there puleeze mate?? No, on second thought, please don't explain...it's too predictable.... <<your condescending, pedantic post>> Don't be sooo concrete--it was sarcasm,, not pedantry! That was lost on you, eh? The sarcasm--i.e., mock-pedantry--was aimed at the actually condescending, hostile "too tough for you" response to my posting an article that dares to suggest there just might, just might, be a sleazy side to Bill Gates and Co.. And calls upon you to think about it. You don't like that--I'm sorry. <<another know-it-all, busybody, statist ideologue dilettante>> Gee, you are angry aren't you? You can take the tin-foil off your trailer windows and come outside Dan--the black helicopters have gone now. (Just kidding--you have a sense of humor...don't you?) <<You'll learn. Mark me.>> Well, Dan, now I'm really scared. Time to build my survival bunker and stock it with assault weapons. Uh oh!!! Here they come again!!!: Justice Dept. eyes eBay Online auctioneer under scrutiny for blocking 'shopping bots' February 04, 2000: 8:12 a.m. ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is examining online auctioneer eBay Inc.'s efforts to limit software probes of its Web site by other Internet companies, often for comparison shopping, according to a report Friday. The probe centers around the burgeoning use of "shopping bots" and "crawlers" used to comb the Internet to find the lowest price for a product, the Wall Street Journal said. The software is widely used by comparison-shopping Web sites or search engines to index content available on sites across the Web or gather information on the competition, the Journal said. The programs can be benign, intrusive, or even destructive. eBay (EBAY: Research, Estimates) has blocked access to its Web site by some of these software programs. The Justice Department is studying whether that constitutes an anti-competitive practice. The preliminary investigation by the department's antitrust division still is in an early stage and there is no indication it will result in legal action against the company, the paper said. However, the agency has met with two smaller auction sites AuctionWatch.com Inc. and Bidder's Edge Inc. In December, San Jose, California based eBay filed a lawsuit against Bidder's Edge, accusing the smaller firm of trespassing on its computers and alleging unfair business practices, the newspaper said. Time to call out the militia's!!!! Lock and Load!!!!!!!!!! Take it easy there, Dan, just kibbitzing with ya. No harm meant. Peace. Ciao.