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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (47026)	6/20/2000 10:45:00 AM
From: Insitu	Respond to of 74651

Duke--If a company has a monopoly (like MSFT), it's pretty easy. They shouldn't add to their product any application or feature that is already marketed by another company. Like a web browser or the stuff (if true) discussed yesterday. I don't see anything in the antitrust laws or cases that distinguish between monopolies that are government granted or relate to natural resources or those that were achieved in the marketplace. (And I give Bill and the boys great credit for achieving their monopoly the old fashioned way; they earned it). But it is a monopoly and that means that there are new limits on their actions in the future. As for my "no court in America" comment, you correctly point out that this very appeals court made a very similar decision involving this very company not so long ago. Despite that, I still believe that with all the evidence established in this case, we will have a different result this time. As for Oracle, I confess that I know nothing about their markets.