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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (47049)	6/20/2000 3:24:00 PM
From: Insitu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Duke--Yikes!! My post was much narrower than yours. I am discussing the case law that establishes the market share necessary before a court will find a monopoly. Nothing more, nothing less. I never said or implied that a monopoly is illegal. It isn't. In fact, I just sent a post, addressed to you, today that indicated my view that MSFT achieved its monopoly the old fashioned way by earning it. Nothing wrong with that. In fact, Bill G was a hero of mine for his outstanding achievements from 1975 to 1995 or so. Chapter Two. As is often the case, the guy who builds a great company, is the wrong guy to run it after a while. Once MSFT achieved the monopoly legally, they behaved illegally IMO. Cutting off a competitor's air supply, while hard edged and legal for non-monopolies, is illegal for MSFT. Adding a browser to an operating system is legal for Apple and IBM and illegal for MSFT. James Bowers and other libertarians can argue that this law makes no sense, but until it is overturned, it is still the law.