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

To: David Howe who wrote (67359)	4/15/2002 7:13:56 PM
From: Dave	Respond to of 74651

Allow me to fill in the crucial pieces you (probably accidentally, right?) neglected to post: Justice Department lawyers said the states' proposals would "harm consumers, retard competition (and) chill innovation." Okay, that part is about the state's proposals to remedy Microsoft's affirmed abuses of monopoly power. But then you follow it with this: Under questioning from Microsoft lawyer Michael Lacovara, Shapiro said the proposal is likely to help rival America Online, but perhaps not consumers. That's pretty sneaky (or probably just careless), putting that second sentence that refers to a specific proposal, not to the set of proposed remedies. In fact, Shapiro was only talking about opening up the MSN source: "The last witness for the states, economist Carl Shapiro, refused to endorse a provision that would have Microsoft disclose the blueprints to the access software for its MSN online service." Now let the fun begin: I wonder how many of these Microsoft witnesses will be the kind of objective disinterested observers that MSFT's devotees seem to think are the only fair witnesses. Let's see if we hear anything from anybody who's not either directly on MSFT's payroll or an exec at a company that depends on favorable treatment from MSFT for its livelihood. Dave