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To: Steve Porter who wrote (108365)	4/28/2000 7:10:00 PM
From: Mani1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570917

Steve, once again...this is not about market share or how big MSFT is in the OS market. It is about how MSFT is leveraging its position in the OS market to bully its way into other markets which are separate. And that is AGIANST THE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES !!!!!!!!!!! Mani

To: Steve Porter who wrote (108365)	4/29/2000 4:39:00 AM
From: Y. Samuel Arai	Respond to of 1570917

Steve: re: Microsoft is dominant not because it's big, but because other companies don't get it. I don't think you know or understand what Microsoft has done to stifle competition. Do you even know how the whole "browser" issue got started? Let's say Intel and Microsoft decided to "merge." They decide that Windows will ONLY be licensed on Intel-based PCs, and anyone trying to run Windows on AMD CPU's will be charged with copyright infringement. In fact, Microsoft includes code to crash the PC whenever it detects an AMD CPU or VIA chipsets. A year later, AMD and VIA declare bankruptcy. By your definition, AMD and VIA were just not competitive...they "just didn't get it"... thus deserved to go bankrupt. Correct? Sam