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To: damniseedemons who wrote (17981)	3/8/1998 11:14:00 PM
From: Gerald R. Lampton	Respond to of 24154

>The only thing he said (that I heard) was that he'd love to see one other company be >able to do a Windows-like OS as well. Then Microsoft will have OS competition >and he'll "get a better OS for [himself], personally." This was said near the very end, >where he said that he thought that the pace of OS innovation had slowed--also at >this time, he said that he'd "criticized" Microsoft in the past for being slow to >integrate new features into their OS (back when they were competing with Apple), >and that he was glad that they were doing things on that front. Right before he talked about the need for a Windows-like OS to compete with Microsoft, he said that AT&T "volunteered" to become a regulated utility, that Netscape's strategy of releasing source code for Navigator was an interesting business model, and that Microsoft should do somthing similar. (Not necessarily in that order -- someone with access to a transcript could refresh everyone's memory by posting the relevant parts.)

To: damniseedemons who wrote (17981)	3/8/1998 11:44:00 PM
From: Gerald R. Lampton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Sal, here is a pretty amazing article from the Wall Street Journal. interactive.wsj.com It starts out: It isn't easy to disagree with a man worth $48 billion, but here it goes: Microsoft Corp. is a monopoly. Then, at the conclusion of the article, the amazing part: But as a tactical matter, Mr. Gates would be wise to start participating in the search for middle ground. The hearing last week shows that concern about his company is on the rise in Washington. If he continues to resist any effort to circumscribe his company's behavior, he may eventually find the Justice Department and Congress considering more-radical remedies. It's well worth the read: Here's the paragon of pro-big business journalism and libertarian economics telling the richest man in the world that (1) his company is a monopoly, (2) he needs to participate in the search for a "middle ground" and that, (3) if he doesn't, Congress and DOJ will consider "more radical remedies." Apart from the "middle ground" language, I could not agree more strongly.