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To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (38634)	10/24/2000 4:00:57 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 70976

50% just doesn't cut it. You need to own at least 80% of the market to be able to pressure the competition. This is something that antitrust investigators know. Secondly, owning a high percentage (say 90%) of a subsection of the market is also insufficient. The antitrust officials would have to prove that there is no comparable product to yours (note the microsoft argument that Unix is a competitor to Windows and therefore MSFT is not a monopoly). Thirdly, you need someone to bring the case against you and convince the DoJ that you are abusing your power. This is not an easy task (again note that the current proceedings against MSFT were years in the making; they did not happen the moment MS gained the market share). And finally, as I pointed out before, if you are not abusing your power, the investigation will not affect you much (e.g. Intel). ST