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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (4341)	5/17/2000 2:24:00 AM
From: Bernard Levy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5853

Hi Maurice: Just look at what Bill Gates is doing under the very nose of the Justice Department. Windows CE is a massive clunker, but how does Bill get it into every set-top box in the US and Europe? He just uses his big wad of cash to take small positions in about every cable company and CLEC under the sun: ATT, Comcast, Winstar, ... (the list is very long). Standard Oil was a private monopoly. Microsoft is today's Standard Oil. I do not view the enforcement of antitrust laws as anticapitalistic. In fact, capitalism requires vigorous trust busting. If AT&T was still running the phone system, do you really believe we would have Q-phones, cable modems, xDSL modems, IP telephony, and for a few more months, mobile satellite telephony? I am really sorry to see conservatives coming to Bill Gates defense. The only conservative who seems to have it right is Judge Bork. Best regards, Bernard Levy