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To: xiangheng xu who wrote (5119)	10/24/1997 2:48:00 PM
From: Rene Madsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Weird quote for SUNW on Datek... On my datek quotes screen I have the following entry for SUNW: Symbol Bid Ask Last Chg High Low SUNW 37 13/16 37 15/16 37 15/16 +1 3/16 47 15/16 36 5/8 I wish it was true, but I can't see SUNW having been up to 47 15/16 today... Is it Nasdaq, Datek or SUNW that's going crazy or do I need some days away from this mayhem? Ren

To: xiangheng xu who wrote (5119)	10/24/1997 5:07:00 PM
From: JDN	Respond to of 64865

Dear xu: That was an EXCELLENT article, first sensible thing I have read about all of this. Hope Gates reads its. Maybe there is a win win settlement in here somewhere. JDN

To: xiangheng xu who wrote (5119)	10/25/1997 11:59:00 AM
From: cirrus	Respond to of 64865

Excellent post! However, my gut feeling is that the Justice Department will prevail. The Compaq documents indicate Microsoft abused its power by forcing Compaq to offer Explorer. The arguement that Explorer is an integral part of Windows doesn't hold water. If it chose, Microsoft could claim the same for Excel or Word. The benefit of the Justice Dept action is time. This action gives heart to developers who were pessimistic about any success against Microsoft. It will limit Microsoft ability to deal a killer blow to Java or Netscape and buy time for a true cross platform Java to become the industry standard, if that is what the market desires.