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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (38463)	2/24/2000 5:52:00 AM
From: blankmind	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

- Per yesterday's courtroom exchange, I think Jackson is waking up the mess he's created - For instnace, he asked the Gov't about the fact that the Supreme Court previously said that MSFT could add the browser; and the Gov't responsded to the effect that public opinion will be too great for the Supreme Court to rule this way again - Also, MSFT made great point that newspapers can mandate that all sections be carried - Also, no harm to consumers proven. By definition, 100% of competition leaves someone a loser. But so what? Anti-monopoly law is to protect the consumer; not other businesses - Finally, to really show how obscene the Clintonista attack is, you have to understand that the Supreme Court has already ruled that a so-called monopolist can't buy the #1 product; but has to invent it to be legal - which makes MSFT's actions perfectly legal. And Standard Oil's illegal

To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (38463)	2/24/2000 9:51:00 AM
From: John F. Dowd	Respond to of 74651

DEK: Very illuminating. Thanks for taking the time to keep us up on Lessig's point of view. It is a surprisingly temperate viewpoint. JFD

To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (38463)	2/25/2000 2:43:00 AM
From: Thunder	Respond to of 74651

Dwight: Great points, thank you. After further thought on Lessig's comments I can't help but to sense that they might be specious comments. I hope they are not, but given his opinion in court and outside it's hard for me to differentiate his real life perspective, from his view of what he sees as a so called appropriately engineered remedy of which may have ulterior motives. Lessig quoted at yahoo.cnet.com "What I said was: One, I have done my time in this case and am looking forward to being released for good behavior; two, I have not studied the issues enough to say anything serious; but, three, my bias is to be skeptical about a breakup," Lessig wrote." Looks like another ingredient of a potential apologetic statement; "just in case it don't work, don't blame me or like minded folks". Dwight E. Karlsen: "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to foresee why the multiple OS company is bad for consumers. But then, govt "solutions" rarely make sense." That aint what I saw & heard on TV! <grin> Regards, Gary J