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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (38359)	2/22/2000 11:49:00 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

>>Nor did Microsoft invent windowing. Or browsers. Maybe you didn't know that<< Your knee jerk answer is remarkable close to the reasoning of the DOJ, and Judge Jackson. What Gates has is what he made, the MS operating system. That's his or ours if your a stockholder. It is PRIVATE PROPERTY which was created and copyrighted by its owner. Can you still use your netscape browser? And don't get the object of your venom confused, it was Apple that tried to control windows. The reason I use MS is not because I have to, it is because I think its the best. And I don't need Joel Klien or Charles Tutt to tell me what they think is the best or what I should use. Theirs and your argument is "what MS did was nasty, ergo it is illegal". That is not what we euphemistically refer to as "The Rule of Law". Comprende? Charles, you are at times, very eloquent, and unfortunately, very wrong.

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (38359)	2/23/2000 12:39:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Nor did Michaelangelo invent paint, marble, or plaster. Maybe you didn't know that. The "look and feel" lawsuit was settled long ago (Apple Computer Corp. vs. Microsoft). Maybe you have forgotten that. Interestingly enough, Apple was trying to copyright a concept that they had copied from Xerox PARC, and to my knowledge Apple never paid a dime to Xerox PARC.

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (38359)	2/23/2000 9:20:00 AM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

CT: Here are some points to ponder: These comments were made by a noted political science Professor currently on sabbatical. A. What ever happened to judicial neutrality? This guy has foreordained the trial's conclusion, since we all know what happened to Standard Oil. Who does he think he is, Ida Tarbell? B. If he takes his historical analogy seriously, he will do nothing, since most historians agree that by the time Standard Oil was broken up, natural economic developments had already overcome Standard Oil's monopoly. C. In at least one important sense his analogy rings true: the Standard Oil case was certainly not about harm to the consumers. It was about extreme envy of an individual and unhappy competitors who couldn't beat him at his own game. E. Rockefeller was made even wealthier by the break-up, as he then owned substantial stakes in what became Exxon, Sonoco, Mobil, etc. For those wishing Bill Gates ill, this is not an outcome they should hope for. F. $93!!!! With all these good products inbound? I ran out of money to buy more MSFT! JFD