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To: QwikSand who wrote (46177)	11/3/2001 2:19:51 PM
From: alydar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

hi qwik, i think that you will see companies, not internet companies, but fortune 500 companies switching from the msft platform to the internet (i.e., orcl database) soon. noone really wants to do business with msft and this will be highlighted once companies start buying capital good again in volume. to me, this agreement was fair for all parties if it is enforced. the opening up of api's is huge for companies that want to tie into the os. the eu is not done with msft and there still can be private lawsuits so they have their hands full. lastly, msft has the most successfull product ever developed in IT land. i read some books on msft development process and i think that they fell into the product category and therefore i think they were luck. nothing wrong with that. they have not proven to me that they can do it again, without using monopolistic powers and i doubt they can. i think bill gates is overated as both a software architect. he is a ruthless business person that can't play fair. both of these factors will catch up with msft. rocky.