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To: cfimx who wrote (5025)	10/21/1997 5:42:00 PM
From: LKO	Respond to of 64865

> LKO: You missed my point. It's clear that sunw DOES NOT have the > position to do anything anti competitive. > I said that if JAVAMAAN HAD somehow guided sunw to a MONOPOLY > position, the kind of position that Gates has put msft in, > that he would be FAR FAR worse and go for the JUGULAR every > chance he could. This is a speculative question. Sun has been a dominant player in certain markets. In the small "Sparc and Clones" market, Sun did decide to pull the rug from clone-makers once by prohibiting Sun reseller channels (in which Sun invests money) from selling clones ("you do not see Toyotas selling in Ford showrooms") and asked clone makers to develop their own channels. Competitive or monopoly play...I don't know. Saying other than that is pure speculation. Javaman can be sharp with words but I would not want to speculate what he would do or not do if he had a monopoly. He was once asked if he would support the Larry Ellison (Oracle CEO) quoted "wish" to go on a fighter plane and strafe Redmond. His response was "I will support it but I might definitely want to watch the video if it happens" Last night on Nightline was on "Microsoft vs Justice Dept" he said "We are not after Microsoft. We are going after customers. <smile> If Microsoft gets gets run over on the way there...." His quotes have cplorful acid humor vs polite Bill gates so he does has people who do not like him, but I have no idea how he would manage a monopoly situation. Someone once said once a business attains a monopoly, you should congratulate them on success and break them apart so the game can begin again competetively.