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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (14953)	12/16/1997 10:17:00 AM
From: John F. Dowd	Respond to of 24154

Dear Lord Reginald: Indeed it does. You have been right about the buy side of MSFT all along. It appears that Wall Street is catching on this AM. Billy 4 Naysayers 0

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (14953)	12/16/1997 3:29:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Respond to of 24154

"I was quite assured by MSFT [IBM] but I had to wonder what the analysts in attendance had for breakfast. This whole case is pathetic and has far reaching consequences concerning the ownership of intellectual property." This is a statement similar to what IBM shareholders must have felt at one point. Can anyone honestly say that the software industry has suffered from the IBM anti-trust suit? If so, in what way? Would IBM have ever gone outside of its own doors for a PC-DOS or any software had it not been for the fear of violating its agreement with The Man? Where would Microsoft be today if it had tried to sell MS-DOS while IBM was free to give away its own DOS bundled with every machine (including the clones)? I say repeal all anti-trust agreements against IBM and let the two go at it: winner take all, a fight to the death in the PC arena. According to the Randian make-believe world of economics, the company that is best for the collective consumer will triumph to the benefit of all. Like the CEO of GM said once: "What's good for GM is good for the United States!". Cheers, Norm