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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (66889)	4/9/2002 8:18:38 AM
From: John F. Dowd	Respond to of 74651

Duke,DH et al: MSFT finished very strong in the last 10 mins. of trading. It looked like the shorts would drive it down to get back in to close out at the end but they ran out of stock and the buyers crushed them forcing them to buy out .35 higher in the last 5-10 mins. Now all we need is a big day with big volume to get this puppy back to 70. To date as a trading vehicle it has had the crap kicked out of it.JFD

To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (66889)	4/9/2002 12:19:35 PM
From: Dave	Respond to of 74651

You want to argue that for your perception of social reasons, that since the vendor is accused of child molestation, you get your money back. Oh okay, my mistake. Here I thought I was agreeing with the court's decision that the guy was the wrong guy to be suing Microsoft. You may not have noticed that. But I did say it. This argument does not have a place in a civilized economic society. But I mean that in the nicest possible way. I agree that it would not be possible for you to be any nicer than that. Probably bad upbringing. Dave

To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (66889)	4/9/2002 1:23:30 PM
From: jonkai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

IF this guy had an antitrust action for to high a purchase price he would have won. I am not going to look it up but EVEN THE JACKSON COURT DID NOT FIND THAT MS OVERCHARGED consumers. That was one of the many weaknesses in his decision actually, if the guy had lived in California, he would have won, and about two other states..... watch what happens when those suits go to trial...... and Jackson did indeed find that MSFT overcharged, as has been proven, and held up as a finding of fact.... and conclusion of law......after appeal here below from the findings of fact.... is the reason why MSFT will have to settle with civil suits in california and a couple other jurisdictions for OVERCHARGING... jurisdictions that don't have that outdated brick law, that you have to buy your bricks from the manufacturer to sue...... figure out what is going on, before MSFT has to go to trial in California, scheduled for later this year....... you hiding your eyes from OBVIOUS OVERCHARGING by a monopoly, will get you no where fast...... and this guy could have recieved triple damages.... if he lived in california....... the Civil Suit will show you just exactly how much this is going to cost MSFT, just from one of the Dozen or so suits that MSFT is going to have to dish out money for..... H. Microsoft's Pricing Behavior 62. Microsoft's actual pricing behavior is consistent with the proposition that the firm enjoys monopoly power in the market for Intel-compatible PC operating systems. ........... ......... 63. Finally, it is indicative of monopoly power that Microsoft felt that it had substantial discretion in setting the price of its Windows 98 upgrade product (the operating system product it sells to existing users of Windows 95). A Microsoft study from November 1997 reveals that the company could have charged $49 for an upgrade to Windows 98 ó there is no reason to believe that the $49 price would have been unprofitable ó but the study identifies $89 as the revenue-maximizing price. Microsoft thus opted for the higher price.