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To: Mani1 who wrote (108366)	4/28/2000 7:09:00 PM
From: Steve Porter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570913

Mani, You know what.. you are saying: "There is a law that has been violated" I'm arguing it's a STUPID law. geezus, if you follow everything that blindly, I've got a couple 'laws' for you too. Do you not question anything. Now wonder the US is falling apart.. mindless sheep. Steve

To: Mani1 who wrote (108366)	4/28/2000 7:11:00 PM
From: Steve Porter	Respond to of 1570913

Mani, Sorry.. I'm not going to argue this with you. I'll end up insulting too many. Let's just say I think this is a farce. Apologies. Steve

To: Mani1 who wrote (108366)	4/28/2000 7:16:00 PM
From: Kenith Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570913

What if Standard Oil was not broken up? Only one company dominated all the Oil. They sold gasoline and huge profits. Mani, Shell is also a very large oil producer and it is not American.

To: Mani1 who wrote (108366)	4/28/2000 7:19:00 PM
From: Paul Ma	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 1570913

Hey Mani, Standard Oil and Microsoft are not even close. Standard Oil was formed by merging a bunch of HUGE oil companies. Also Standard Oil was dissolved because of vertical integration where it controlled not just one market, but one sector. Microsoft on the other hand does not gouge consumers on prices. They could make Windows cost 200 bucks or whatever. I do not believe that Microsoft broke the Antitrust law which is really bogus because the government only enforces it when it wants to. For example during the Gilded Age and beyond to the Progressive Era and finally New Deal, most of the anti trust regulators actually were helping companies, not deterring them. Calvin Coolidge said, "The state of America is business" or something. Herbert Hoover loaned money to corperations during the Depression believing in the trickle down theory. For the majority of US history,the government has favored businesses. Yet it is because of Netscape who screams that bad Microsoft made IE and bundled it with windows that now there is an antitrust trial. It is just unacceptable to me to think that the government will actually restrict what type of programs Microsoft can integrate into Windows. It's their product and they can do whatever they want with it. I wish Alexander Hamilton is resurrected to give those state lawyers and Judge Jackson a drubbing. Paul Ma, World Controller