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To: SteveC who wrote (101952)	4/4/2000 2:41:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570548

Steve C... Give it up... The problem is the foothold the trial Lawyers are getting in the high tech industry. In theory, torts are there to protect the individual. In practice, such cases can often turn out to be money grabs and do much more far reaching damage, as evidenced by todays action. Clearly, the markets see the governments intrusion into the tech sector as potentially affecting a lot more than just Microsoft. OTOH, Japan Inc is laughing at the US governments treatment of it's legal companies and licking their chops. Jim

To: SteveC who wrote (101952)	4/4/2000 2:50:00 PM
From: Petz	Respond to of 1570548

SteveC, I'm with you on Micro$oft, I hope they get billions in fines and are forced to separate the OS business, hardware business and application software business. Petz

To: SteveC who wrote (101952)	4/4/2000 2:58:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 1570548

Steve, If the government hadn't come down hard on MSFT, what do think Intel would have done to AMD by now? I don't have a strong opinion about the MSFT case. MSFT has always acted like bullies, and I wished that someone or something would make them act nice. But now that a possibility of the government lawyers running Microsoft is becoming a possibility, it as scary as Ballmer running lose. Or more recently, should AT&T have remained one company? I don't know if my local company is any different from what AT&T used to be. Same bunch of incompetent, overpaid, lazy people. You'd feel a lot different about logging onto the internet for hours if you were paying a $100 bill at the end of the month to the phone company. Maybe I don't feel a lot different, because I do pay $100 / month to my local phone company (Bell Atlantic) for internet access. When I had a problem with my connection recently, it took 6 weeks for them to correct it, with about 16 hours of my time spent on the phone with them. Joe