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To: Eugene Goodman who wrote (18724)	4/23/1998 7:32:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Eugene, "Consider the breakup of Standard Oil or of ATT. Both companies were broken up so that the parts were soon worth more than the original company." Which may lend some credence to the fact that they were indeed inefficient stagnant monopolies which benefitted from competing as separate entities. Software prices will fall the same way that long-distance rates fell under real competition. "I a recital of Bill's virtues [your short list] I am sure that you will agree that he is not cheap- 2 mm shares distributed among how many employes. Is it 13000." It is easy to give stock options to yourself and then send the bill to future owners of Win98. Cheers, Norm