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To: Alan Buckley who wrote (16441)	1/20/1998 4:58:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Right, Alan. Sling those ad hominems, always such a popular tactic among the Microphile crowd. Would you like to join Dowd in the substantive ad hominem posting club? He's never stated it explicitly, but I have a feeling you and he may share a certain philosophy. Or perhaps you might care to comment on more substantive questions, such as what form of "capitalist" competition Microsoft is engaging in with Netscape, e.g. Once it determines that a new company is a threat, Microsoft can deploy its integration strategy with a vengeance. In September 1995, Paul Maritz, the executive in charge of Microsoft's operating-system business, met with executives of Intel Corp., the leading microchip maker. It was a month after Netscape had sold shares to the public and the Internet start-up was suddenly a hot company. When the discussion turned to Netscape, one Intel executive, who asked not to be identified, recalled Maritz saying: "We are going to cut off their air supply. Everything they're selling, we're going to give away for free." (from nytimes.com Is there some subtle economic theory I'm not aware of that explains how a business can compete when a vastly larger competitor sets the market price of the business's products to 0? Enquiring minds want to know! There are a couple more questions that come to mind, if you care to engage in more substantive dialogue, but let's start with this one. Cheers, Dan.