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To: Peter J Hudson who wrote (2266)	10/8/2000 8:25:16 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 12245

Peter, I think that Maurice also fails to understand the role of the state Attorney Generals in the anti-trust process. Wasn't the DOJ ready to settle out of court with MSFT? Seems to me this was nixed by the state AG's, who were riled up because businesses in their respective state's were screwed by Microsoft. Here in Alaska, our AG got the feds to block the world-wide merger between BP and Arco until Arco agreed to divest it's North Slope holdings to Phillips. If not for this action, BP would have had a monopoly on North Slope production. The big gold building across the street from my office is now the Phillips tower instead of the Arco Tower. Whether or not Maurice likes it, this is how we do business in America. The government actively regulates business, and usually things are resolved before it gets to court. Although the law is sometimes hard to understand, there are plenty of lawyers available to explain it <g>.

To: Peter J Hudson who wrote (2266)	10/13/2000 3:31:15 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12245

Pete, I didn't realize until a few days ago, but apparently the USA will only allow a limited amount of approved types of cheese from New Zealand [as well as restricting lamb]. Heck, the USA is quite a closed marketplace, avoiding free trade while haranguing Japan and China about opening their markets. To USA public's detriment, but that's politics. NZ is going down that track now [with the NZ$ leading the way down the rocky road]. My assumptions seem to be working just fine for me and I'll continue to protect my funds by using my cynical judgement about Judge Jackson and the anti-trust laws and what it might mean for QUALCOMM. I'm quite particular about morality and unethical behaviour. I can tell you that if I'd spotted any by MSFT I would not be an enthusiastic supporter - I guess you know that anyway from wide-ranging rants against 'bad guys'. I have no stock and never have had in MSFT. My interest is in the parallels of IBM, MSFT, Standard Oil etc with Mighty Q! and to predict what the Legal System of the USA will do when Q! is big and raking in multi $$billions. I don't like what I see. I think MSFT OS is cheap. I think it's best for what I want. I had lots of choice, but I didn't like the competitors. MSFT wrote the code for Windows2000. That's innovation. MSFT innovation. It's better than Win98. Better than Win95. Better than Windows. Better than DOS9 etc etc. All great innovation. WirelessKnowledge is innovation. Windows CE is innovation. Way up north there, you must be cooling off now. Do you migrate for winter like Canadian Geese? Mqurice