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To: Dale J. who wrote (31306)	4/25/2000 4:40:00 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

... and that's how we ended up with an S&L crisis, IMHO.

To: Dale J. who wrote (31306)	4/26/2000 5:43:00 AM
From: JDN	Respond to of 64865

Dear Dale J: , We don't cotton to trusts is right. MSFT is in no way a trust. MSFT can't force someone to buy something they don't want. Instead MSFT provides alternatives and the consumer decides. I am serious about this. I hate to criticize a fellow Reagan Republican, but I must say you and the other SOFTIES that stick to the above statement must not understand how MSFT markets their product. JDN

To: Dale J. who wrote (31306)	4/26/2000 2:47:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Dale J. Where have you been??? MSFT IS a trust, they've been judged to be a monopoly that has abused its position. You may not agree with it, but a verdict has been reached in the DOJ case. Yes we do like to promote competition. I don't know what book on economics you're referring to, but I know of no such "law". It simply is not true that 'where there is demand there will be competition'. There was great demand for oil & steel early in the 20th century, and almost no competition at all. That's why we have anti- trust laws. BTW the issue of tariffs and the issue of anti-trust are vastly different. The first deals with our balance of trade with foreign countries and the second has to do with competition in the marketplace. Free & open trade has been a hallmark of our expansion into foreign markets. No one in his right mind would want to return to the days of Smoot-Hawley. However, keeping markets competitive is what anti-trust is all about. RR was also known for his disdain of the anti-trust laws, but he wasn't dealing with a phenomenon like M$FT, either. It's possible that if he had, he may have told the DOJ to lay off, I don't know for sure. If he had done that, however, he would have been DEAD WRONG.