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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (36112)	5/27/2000 11:39:00 AM
From: The Phoenix	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 63513

RE: Microsoft... Read this article in the Merc this morning mercurycenter.com U.S. sticks to plan, seeking to break Microsoft in 2 parts breakup BY DAVID L. WILSON Mercury News WASHINGTON -- In what is likely to be their last filing before the judge who will decide whether to break up Microsoft, government lawyers Friday stuck with their original proposal to split the software giant into two parts. -more on the URL- The three way split suggested was OS/Browser/Everything else. These guys clearly don't understand the company or the pressure points in the market and is why the government should stay out of this kind of stuff - for the most part. But note in the article that Microsoft has been thumbing their noses at the DOJ and for that they'll pay.... and for that they probably are getting treated unfairly. BUT!!! Judge Jackson doesn't want this thing overturned - he wants to win this so bad he can taste it. He'll be within the law. Microsoft is too arrogant - and they are flat our wrong. They abused their monopoly by forcing PC manufactures to use IE or risk losing the ability to sell Windoze OS. This stifled competition and attempted to put Netscape out of business - not through fair competition but through leverage of their monopoly in the OS. They are wrong and should pay. They ignored earlier sanctions, they are arrogant in how they are dealing with this situation now and expect to win on appeal. If they do the DOJ should just fold up shop and go home. There's never been a clearer cut case. OG OG