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

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (59336)	7/2/2001 3:47:40 PM
From: David Howe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

<< Yet you want _it_ to have the ability to destroy companies at will, even if illegally, simply because you own stock in it. >> I think MSFT has helped many, many more companies than it has hurt. I'd go so far as to bet that MSFT benefited 100 companies (through partnerships, etc.) for every 1 company that was snuffed out because they were a competitor. And, I think that when MSFT puts a company out of business it's more than likely because MSFT had the better product, better marketing, or a more accurate business strategy. There are really only a very small number of companies that MSFT damaged in some way that could be considered questionable. So, why not structure a remedy that says "you can't have exclusive license agreements", or "you must allow competitors to be pre-loaded on the desktop". There are many fair remedies that would stop the questionable behavior and let MSFT continue to innovate, and let them continue with their business without unfairly damaging the company, employees, shareholders and the consumer. IMO, Dave