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To: JC Jaros who wrote (31309)	4/25/2000 6:40:00 PM
From: alydar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Personally, I think the DoJ is playing a PR game with all this hoopla about breaking up MSFT. They might propose it to Judge Penfield but I highly doubt that he will go ahead with their recommendations. MSFT was found to be a monopoly and abused their monopolistic power. Thats in the past. What the judge needs to do is figure out a way to decrease MSFT's abuse of monopolistic power on the desktop and at the same time make sure that they do not abuse it on the server or internet platform. In order to do this, he must structure the remedy so that an the appelate court does not overturn his remedy. A prosposed breakup is very risky and traditionally the courts are not risk takers. By the way, we have already conceded that the appeals court will most likely not overturn Judge Penfields FOF. So what is left, the remedy? What we have is the DoJ asking for the death penalty and the judge sentencing the criminal to something that is acceptable for the consumer and the courts. After all, his reputation is on the line. The Judge will come up with a more moderate remedy that benefits the consumer and lessens MSFT's opportunity to use their monopoly. IMO, what the DoJ is doing now is just spin. P.S.: With ORCL's NFS we will be able to use any OS on the server we want. This is what is going to kill MSFT. They have already lost the ballgame. Windows 2000 is a dog and the next couple of quarters revenue figures will prove this out. By the way, the way First Call is now calculating EPS, SUN's should be $0.30 for the last quarter. I cannot believe that they are allowing paper gains to be considered as part of EPS. Are we buying mutual funds here or operating companies.

To: JC Jaros who wrote (31309)	4/25/2000 7:43:00 PM
From: Dale J.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Do you think it's wrong that the DoJ has 'APROVED' and 'DENIED' stamps which it will use one of in the AOL-Tome/Warner merger? JC I think its an appropriate function of the FTC/DOJ to oversee mergers and acquisitions. I also think there is a role for government to fight monopolies when they have strong evidence that the consumer or public is being hurt by the monopoly and they have an effective remedy. I don't think the government should be restricting MSFT's right to give a browser away for free or denying MSFT's right to integrate the browser into the O.S. I don't think the government showed how the consumer was hurt. And as for a remedy, breaking up MSFT might result in chaos in the industry and nothing more. Eventually a new leader will emerge. Maybe SUNW? Anyway, you were saying a year ago that SUNW was going to have it's lunch eaten by IBM and HP. Oh yeah, you had to remind me of that! <G> Actually my theory was that the unix market would stagnant and the consequence would be falling margins. Stay tuned! You're saying now that next year SUNW will be worthy of oversight by the government? No JC, its not that SUNW would be deserving of oversight, but rather they might get it as a result of success. Just like Mr. Softee