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To: Frank Ellis Morris who wrote (39914)	3/26/2000 8:44:00 PM
From: Dinesh	Respond to of 74651

Here is my proposal for creating and fostering competition in the OS area: The courts should decide how many companies can sell an OS, and in what proportion - say for 5 years. So, any time you want to install an OS on your PC, you should send in an application to the govt. and you'll be told, by some random drawing, which OS you are allowed to install. Essentially, in the form of an authorization letter. You could take that to your PC dealer and get the PC with the right OS. There will be due process also to have the proportions changed, and some hardship clauses. Basically, an appeal process through your Congressperson. The details will be fleshed out sooner or later. I know it will work. Other nations have tried it before. USSR and China, to name a few. It's pro-consumer. Market forces will take care of the rest. Just Kidding.