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To: Dave who wrote (62681)	11/7/2001 11:39:21 AM
From: sandeep	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

There is a concept of cannibalization of your own products in order to continue to make money. This fact is crucial in the case of industries which don't have consumable/perishable products. So, any product from a tech company always faces competition from the next product fromt the same company. Owners of the old product have a choice of whether to buy the new product or not. I believe that this implies that other competitors don't need to be protected by the antitrust laws in such industries. Consumers, however, need to be protected in case this company starts price gouging. I know this thesis will not appeal to you and maybe to some of the judges also..

To: Dave who wrote (62681)	11/7/2001 12:04:55 PM
From: Joseph Pareti	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

>. Protecting competitors from illegal monopoly maintenance protects competition, and competition is good for the consumer Indeed. The crack of the matter is how "illegal" is defined. M$Ft has gone length to demonstrate that if at all, their business model (and Intel's) has fostered computing by creating the economies of scale that have made the pc ubiquitous. It was not certainly Torwald, neither McSquealy. It's an intriguing point defining what's legal and what's not, especially for folks that view things using senile governmnent officials' glasses or plaintiffs that have otherwise failed in business.