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To: fuzzymath who wrote (29979)	4/3/2000 9:15:00 PM
From: SteveC	Respond to of 64865

"Are there other companies, perhaps in other markets, that have been convicted of this crime in recent decades?" Antitrust violations are alleged by the government every week and corporate officers and corporations plead guilty or are convicted all the time. Take a look at the DOJ's antitrust section web site: usdoj.gov

To: fuzzymath who wrote (29979)	4/3/2000 9:31:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Monopolies are not allowed (under law) to leverage; to be predatory. So, in a way, yes, some things only apply to M$. That M$ is a monopoly is a given. It's not even arguable. There's a clear pattern of behavior that nice girls don't engage in and slutty monopolies do. --- Putting aside for a moment that M$ is evil, the truth is that a successful company seeks to become a monopoly. Once you have, you won the game. Here, the game winner kept playing. --- Really, it's all just the governments way of saying "Congratulations, you've made it!" --- Hopefully that will happen to we SUNW shareholders someday. In our case though, we have a CEO that stayed in school and studied things like antitrust law. More significantly we have the type of company that would break-up nicely into multiple companies. We have more going for us than leveraging the snot out of arranged electrons. -JCJ