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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (46135)	6/7/2000 5:18:00 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Take your conspiracy theories and go play. I'm not going there.

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (46135)	6/7/2000 5:26:00 PM
From: FR1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Let's see we are going to break up into OS and applications. When I make an error on my computer, the computer gives me a sound. Is that a app or part of the OS? If it is part of the OS then I guess windows media is part of the OS. If not, then the DOJ will have to define how much media is the correct amount for the OS. RNWK will argue that windows media should not be part of the OS. If the ability to play media is stripped from the OS then every app that is written will have to buy 3rd party software. Playing media is just the start. You can come up with tons of items that the DOJ will have to decide, as software designers, whether to keep in the OS or not (or how much of an item to keep, etc. etc.)