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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (9924)	4/17/1998 11:22:00 PM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Argh! Maurice - Haven't we beaten you into submission yet? The concern with Microsoft is that they use their monopoly power to leverage into other relatively unconnected areas, not that they have a monopoly. So far not only has the Q not done that but I don't see how they could. The only power they have is (maybe, depending on the contracts) is to revoke the licenses, but that would be cutting their own throat. They need industry buy in. Still having fun with your 'monopolies', state run or otherwise, in Aukland? Clark BTW - I was in NZ recently. Beautiful place and nice laid back people (other than the occasional irascible (checked the spelling just for you) high tech investor), other than the fact that you all must have more KFC's than the entire US. <g>

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (9924)	4/18/1998 11:44:00 PM
From: qdog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

You have been assimilated by that monopolist in waiting MSFT. Frezza's thread is still alive? Gee..... The real threat at DOJ ain't Reno, it's the career group in the antitrust division, which stays when Reno leaves. It was there before she showed up. Now you got 19 states jumping on the bandwagon. Put the real threat to MSFT is Apple, namely Rasphody. Rumour is it will be tweaked for Merced chips and just about any other processor. A real universal OS, that probably works in 64 bit processing!! MSFT will probably stumble and bumble along the way. As to QCOM's IPR, I don't see Ericsson droppings it's royalty rates. More hogwash blatherings, from the "world leaders". As to QCOM being a monopoly, bullocks. How can you be a monopoly when you have competition across the board within your own technology?? How do you have a monopoly with rival and competing standards?? They licensed their technology and then compete in a free and open market with other manufactures. Hardly a monopoly. But, as Barkdale pointed out before the US Senate; "How many people own a computer?" " HOw many run Win95?" "That sir is a monopoly!!! Yet Gates like to call ROBC's and the rest of telecommunicaitons as a "monopoly". Right..... Gee, mom has fiber to the curb and that is from the cable company. Now, there is another monoply, er franchise.. er a bunch of clowns....