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Technology Stocks : Thrustmaster (NASDAQ:TMSR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: esecurities(tm) who wrote (1369)	3/24/1998 9:14:00 PM
From: esecurities(tm)	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2443

Computer City concedes to Rage 3D, DirectXConnection?, Force-Feedback... Rage 3D arrives in quantity at Computer City (NYSE:TAN) (Q1)...so are T2 and Wizzard Pinball Controllers ($10), (already reported X-Fighter)...Per4mer in trouble as their force-feedback steering wheel arrives in retail channels ($219.99)... forcefeedback.com I-Force force-feedback game titles forcefeedback.com I-Force force-feedback press releases forcefeedback.com I-Force force-feedback reviews (ref/ March '98 Peoples) forcefeedback.com Microsoft owns and has spent a considerable amount in the development, branding, establishment, legal protection...infrastructure of DirectX, DirectSound, DirectInput, Direct3D, DirectDraw,and DirectPlay...and then there's Microsoft's legal juggernaut and predatory reputation to simply own everything with the possibility of marketshare let alone a market owned by a competitor with a name arguably infringing on Microsoft's existing trademarks...and without a word from Microsoft?...ThrustMaster somehow owns the DirectConnect trademark and proprietary patent-pending technologies...accordingly, it is only logical to question whether there has been or is there a tacit agreement already in place with Microsoft?...