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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (150964)	12/4/2001 12:41:39 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

How many times have groups or organizations have tried accusing Intel of being a Monopoly in court? How many have succeeded? Maybe you are suggesting that Albert go to court against Intel, and if he gets lucky and has the right judge, he'll be able to accuse Intel of being a Monopoly? Don't lose sight of the fact that being a monopoly is not illegal. It just imposes certain restrictions on behavour. Proving Intel to be a monopoly means nothing in itself. You would also have to prove they used that position in a manner that violates the law. EP

To: wanna_bmw who wrote (150964)	12/4/2001 12:44:15 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

WBMW, <Maybe you are suggesting that Albert go to court against Intel, and if he gets lucky and has the right judge, he'll be able to accuse Intel of being a Monopoly?> I wouldn't mind if he did. He'd be wasting his time and his money, and even if he succeeded, what would he win? It's not illegal to be a monopoly in America. Sure, a monopoly would be examined under a different standard than a non-monopoly. But Intel has always treaded carefully when anti-trust issues are at stake, and I don't forsee anything changing if Intel were to be declared a monopoly. Ask yourself this: Has Microsoft's business practices changed after they were declared a monopoly? Are they in danger of being broken up? Hardly, but I guess that all depends on the judges, lawyers, politicians, etc. Tenchusatsu