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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (108885)	5/1/2000 4:21:00 PM
From: pgerassi	Respond to of 1571978

Dear Jim: The limit was on where the laws against the practices of extending a monopoly such as "Dumping", "Bundling", and "Tying" would apply instead of "Being declared a Monopoly". By being in the range sooner, would prevent any claim of "I did not know I was a monopoly" from being obvious. This would not affect NYSE or NASDAQ as they are based on agreements and are regulated in other ways (by the SEC). If no company has more than 10% of the market, competition is working. Intel would be affected using these standards, and AMD would also need to curtail any activity that violates these principals. Via would not run afoul of these laws except for maybe chipsets. The best outcome is that nobody does these types of unwanted practices but, it is too much to realistically hope for. Pete