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To: Charles Hughes who wrote (18452)	4/14/1998 10:05:00 AM
From: Gerald R. Lampton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Chaz, I agree with everything you say except the part where you say there should be an "OS company" and a separate "Apps company." I just do not believe it is practical or wise to make such distinctions. It's too complicated and leads to game-playing just like the industry proposal will. Nope, I say they should just break it up into about 4-5 legally separate and independent entities, give them all equal access to whatever technology and other assets Microsoft has as of the date of the breakup, and turn 'em loose.

To: Charles Hughes who wrote (18452)	4/14/1998 12:18:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Respond to of 24154

Chaz, >>One thing puts them on the same footing vis-a-vis OS info, APIs, and so on - be a separate apps development company like everybody else. If the OS section after the breakup were motivated to distribute core information in a way it is not now, and provide development tools and help in a more industry-responsive way, and along with that we had a more level playing field at the retail level so that the financial rewards of developing new software came back, we could see a general acceleration in applications development everywhere.. But Microsoft is giving the consumers what they want, the last thing their business model needs is other people developing apps at random; it would upset the "incrementalism" that we all love so much! No, it is much better that I learn to pay $50 to kids hanging around CompUSA for installing an $80 OS. Seems like paying $130 for a Windows95 upgrade is the real Cost of Ownership nowadays. Manuals extra of course. Cheers, Norm