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To: Sam Scrutchins who wrote (11453)	4/16/1998 2:45:00 AM
From: IanBruce	Respond to of 213176

I still hope that Microsoft will recognize Rhapsody as a superior OS, give up its OS business, and concentrate on its applications business. This may sound dumb, but stranger things have happened. I don't think it sounds dumb at all Sam. The bulk of MS's profits are in applications sales. Given the cost of developing, distributing, and supporting 95/98/NT - Microsoft's probably lucky to scratch out any profit from that division at all. Add congress, the DOJ, state and even world government antitrust backlash, and I think you're looking at a situation where MS must either close/divest it's OS development division(s) - or simply embrace a vastly superior OS. Ian Bruce New York, NY