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To: Gerald Walls who wrote (31269)	4/25/2000 2:08:00 AM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

...there still seems to be a widespread denial of the likelihood that the newly-energized and swollen-headed Justice Department will consumer-protect other leading companies straight into the ground too... Is the denial of a myth somehow unreasonable? Not to me. Even the absurd Y2K myth was more reasonable than this one. The Justice Department prosecuted a company that has been shown in court to have broken the law. Not because they were a monopoly, but because they used their monopoly power to break the law. The government should prosecute, with due process of law, any company that does the same. It's their job. If there is evidence to convince a judge or a jury that Sun is a monopoly and used its power to break the law, then I'll support penalties against Sun. If there is evidence that the current law is wrong and should be changed, then that should be debated in Congress. I'll support whichever side delivers the most convincing argument. I will stop denying the myth that the government has tasted blood and somehow will now, just as a matter of course, plow under any and all successful market-leading companies, as soon as there is any evidence to support it. Any evidence. Can you supply some? Right now, as far as I can see, this nascent urban legend is simply a sublimation mechanism for the rage of Microsoft backers. (P.S. Please don't use gun and tobacco companies as your examples, there is no similarity.) Regards, --QS