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To: James A. Shankland who wrote (13755)	4/30/1998 5:35:00 PM
From: The Phoenix	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 77400

James, Your sarcasm is lost on me...as is your analogy to automobiles. How about if each time you went in to fuel you had to first calculate the octane rate...do a conversion...hook up a converter...and then fuel up. Car's are all different, but the applications (fuel) is the same. Or better yet...everytime you change the television station you need to figure out what protocol is being used on each network and then convert it to a standard delivery that your television uses. Anyway you miss the fundamental point here. If the DOJ is successful in this effort they will slow deployment since there will be more uncertainty. Slowed deployment of desktops and applications will translate into slower network build out. I for one do not want to own high tech in this environment and I think many others would run for the hills until it settles out....3, 4, 5 years? TOday you can purchase a variety of desktops..CPQ, DELL, IBM, Gateway, HP, etc. etc.. You can outfit these platforms with any application you choose, Netscape, Novell, Msft, etc... Microsoft has done an incredible job in a competitive market and now own's most desktop environment... So, you feel that since msft has and is doing a great job at winning this business that government should now come in and split them up or regulate their aggressivnes.. Who's next? CSCO? At what point is capitalism pennalizied? What the government should do is something to stimulate competition, not penalize success. This sends a message to large companies that it's OK to do well....just not too well. Gary