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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (15149)	12/19/1997 8:11:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Reg, "You gave a very bad example..." So you do not believe that ATT at one time held almost every phone line in its BELL system? Just who would you turn to for phone service before the ATT monopoly was broken-up for the public good? "The public is not dissatisfied with MSFT, just you techies, and MSFT's competitors." Most of the people I know who fight with their computers are not "techies". Just people who want a reliable, easy-to-install, turn the key and it runs system. The general statement from the "public" is, it SUCKS, but what can I do? You know the answer is that they can effectively do nothing. People seem satisfied with their hardware but the same cannot be said of their software. This is due to an absence of "effective" competition. Keeping Apple wheezing along is not fooling anyone. I know if I had bought options a few months ago for January I would be sweating big time. Microsoft could only force the opulence of the Edsel down the public's throat for so long before they ended-up affronting the court. Its easy to coerce the public but Federal Judges represent the public interests and are of high caliber. Do you think the Judge is doing this because he has something personal against Microsoft or because he understands the interests of the public good better than you or I? My faith is that the Judge will decide fairly one way or another based on the Laws currently in place in the U.S. If the decision is that Microsoft can do whatever it pleases with its software then I'll accept it. Cases that reach Federal Courts seldom have little merit Reg. Take it easy, Norm