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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (36230)	5/27/2000 1:14:00 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 63513

You know my position in this. I think our government has better things to do than act as the enforcer for Scott McNealey, Jim Barksdale and others. I believe government should do things such as build roads, put out fires, feed hungry people, etc. AMEN

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (36230)	5/27/2000 3:34:00 PM
From: The Phoenix	Respond to of 63513

I do know that I used to use Netscrape, and switched to IE because Netscrape was unstable and kept crashing on me. Hmmmm... don't you wonder why? Given that NSCP runs on the Msft OS. Note that RNWK had similar problems... only stopped by this impending litigation. Now MSFT is giving away WMT and this is having an impact on RNWK's ability to maintain their competitive position as the leader in streaming media. With the new release of WMT Microsoft (without a judgement) will squeeze RNWK out of the market. Is it good for consumers if MSFT stifles competition? What would OS prices be if MSFT didn't own the market? You mentioned that prices haven't gone up... they haven't gone down either. And look at the margins MSFT enjoys. Regarding your scenario... you may be right. In my opinion that doesn't make what Micrsoft has done right. Futhermore if the DOJ doesn't succeed then their power will be rendered all but moot. OG