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To: Mehrdad Arya who wrote (44209)	5/3/2000 2:18:00 PM
From: Lee	Respond to of 74651

Hi Mehrdad,..Re:.With the right technology, innovation and patents anyone can beat MSFT if they have the prescience and ABILITY (good mgmt) to prevail. Great post Mehrdad. The market is the best and final determinant of success in the end and you said very well what constitutes these achievements. Thanks for your common sense posts. Lee

To: Mehrdad Arya who wrote (44209)	5/3/2000 9:55:00 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Using an established monopoly to suppress new competition is like using yesterday's efficiencies to overcome today's.

To: Mehrdad Arya who wrote (44209)	5/3/2000 10:51:00 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

As a nation, we had this debate, 100 years ago. It was decided (under a Republican President) that the Darwinian methods of completely unfettered capitalism had to be curtailed. The economy was evolving into a situation where each industry was controlled by a single company, or a group of companies who coordinated their activities, so they acted as a single entity. The nation decided this was Wrong. The solution was to allow "Natural Selection" in the business world, but only within the limits imposed by the government. Those rules say that a monopoly cannot exercise all the power it would have in a totally free market. We've done very well, for the last 100 years, under those rules. There is really no debate about changing them. The only debate is whether Microsoft is violating them. You may be right about NOVL. But there is a pattern of smaller companies (many, many of them over the years), with good products, losing to Microsoft. Microsoft always says they win because they have a superior product. The U.S. government, and 19 states, and the judge who heard the case, think otherwise. The Supreme Court will get the final word. I suspect the final solution will be something that Microsoft management has said is "unacceptable". But, when the final appeal is exhausted, they will accept it, and learn to live with it, and the company (or companies) will survive and prosper.