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To: Kenith Lee who wrote (108391)4/28/2000 7:52:00 PM
From: Steve Porter  Respond to of 1570913
 
Kenith,

Because most people are just too stupid to see the INCREDIBLE double standard.

I don't personlly care whether microsoft is broekn up, kept together, burned down, shut down, exported, imported, blown up.

It's not the action, it's the principal.

Steve



To: Kenith Lee who wrote (108391)4/28/2000 7:52:00 PM
From: Mani1  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1570913
 
Kenith re <<Why is it that AOL, who owns Netscape, allow to bully other competitors?>>

AOL is not leveraging its instant message for any other market. Besides AOL is far from a monopoly. I tried to explain this to Steve but he just got personal. One last time, this is not about big companies taking on small companies and winning.

It is about companies with Monopoly powers, using that power to destroy competitors in a SEPARATE market.

Microsoft explorer would not have been a success, if it was not because of windows.

Mani



To: Kenith Lee who wrote (108391)4/28/2000 8:45:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1570913
 
Kenith - RE: "It's interesting that AOL cornered the "Instant Message". Hotmail (Microsoft) tried several times so that people outside of AOL can use the same feature (standard). AOL kept changing it after Hotmail had succeeded each time. Why is it that AOL, who owns Netscape, allow to bully other competitors?"

Some companies are complaining to the FCC about AOL's instant messaging - news.cnet.com.