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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (17011)	2/3/1998 4:10:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Reggie, Numbers are troubling things; it could be construed that the consumer is paying more and more for less "innovation". Isn't that what happens when you have a monopoly? The monopoly has the ability to gain more profit through stagnation of the product line and therefore begins to milk the consumer by repackaging the product line rather than advancing it. Just what will Word98 offer that Word97 does not already have? It does not take alot of research funds to move items around on the menubar now does it? Next thing you will see Microsoft offering software with stickers like "15% more code!", "More colourful icons", "3 special fonts not available anywhere else". As long as the sheep line up to be sheared, I'll invest in Wintel but I still see Microsoft for what they are. Word98 good; Word97 baa-aa-aa-d. Bill "Squealer" Gates knows how to work the animals on the farm, alright. Cheers, Norm

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (17011)	2/3/1998 5:16:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Microsoft case mirrors IBM's history usatoday.com The effect on IBM ran deep. In 1968, the fear of impending antitrust action forced IBM to abandon one of its dearest practices - the one most devastating to rivals. It was a practice that runs to the heart of Justice concerns about Microsoft: bundling.Until 1968, IBM was a one-stop shop. Customers bought a system from IBM and included in the price was software, peripherals and maintenance. Customers generally liked it that way - an argument Microsoft makes today about bundling lots of different functions, including the Internet Explorer browser, into Microsoft's Windows operating system. But Microsoft is so unique! It's a totally new industry! It's unlike anything that came before! Watson, who died in 1993, became angry and obsessed with beating Justice. ''My own private impulse,'' he wrote, ''was to forget the niceties and fight like hell to protect IBM. It was like some primitive instinct - as though (Attorney General) Ramsey Clark were threatening my child.'' Gates shows signs of being similarly obsessed. He made caustic remarks about Attorney General Janet Reno. Last week, he angrily told reporters: ''What you have here is, basically, the U.S. government saying our products are too capable.'' Whatever. Maybe Bill just needs to call Janet Reno up and sing "Twinkle, Twinkle" to her. Cheers, Dan.