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To: QwikSand who wrote (31272)	4/25/2000 2:27:00 AM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

No capitulation yet on the part of the 'Softies, so it's going down some more, IMHO. Plus, a few margin calls on the most leveraged 'Softies wouldn't surprise me. I was happy to see SUNW managed to separate itself from the worst of the carnage today. JMHO.

To: QwikSand who wrote (31272)	4/25/2000 3:04:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Respond to of 64865

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. Here are a couple of related items hitting the wires today. I've seen others post a site listing the hundreds of companies currently under investigation but I've not visited it myself. ================== This company even has lots of competitors. Homestore.com says Justice Dept requests info biz.yahoo.com "There certainly isn't any law against being No. 1 and no law against doing anything better than anyone," Giesecke said. (That's what he thinks.) =================== Here's AOL's Instant Messenger rivals filing a complaint (would they have before?): AOL instant messaging rivals to file complaint with FCC yahoo.cnet.com "Allowing AOL to merge with Time Warner will only increase its ability to dominate and restrict consumers' freedom of choice in instant messaging," Margaret Heffernan, iCast chief executive, said in a statement forwarded to CNET News.com. "Bullies are bullies and getting bigger rarely makes them more responsible," she added. =====================