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To: The Phoenix who wrote (13759)	4/30/1998 5:57:00 PM
From: JRH	Respond to of 77400

(Sorry, last one, I promise!! ;o) 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. The way I see it, cars are a good example. You see, fuel (apps) is the same for every car. And every car is built with standards that say that the car should have certain attributes that allow it to run on every car. Imagine, if you will, if we did the same with OS's. We could buy an OS that fits our particular needs, and the OS had standards that would allow the same identical applications to run. Slowed deployment of desktops and applications will translate into slower network build out The question is, would deployment be slowed? Granted, if it was slowed, then network build out would ultimately be slowed, and my beloved Cisco does not need that. Microsoft has done an incredible job in a competitive market and now own's most desktop environment Correction: Microsoft did an incredible job coming out with a (more) user friendly OS when none other of its type existed. Because BG first identified this niche, MS now owns most desktop environments. What the government should do is something to stimulate competition, not penalize success. I agree. Now, how should we stimulate competition in the OS market? The best way to do it (IMO) is to set standards and let companies develop independent OS's that adhere to those standards, thus would run the same application. Can you tell me that this would stiffen competition, or that competition would not grow? I am sorry, but if you say yes to either of the above, I would disagree with you terribly. OK, I am done ranting and raving. I deeply apologize for continuing this discussion, but I thought that it was important to bring those points up. Good Day, (especially for CSCO!) JRH

To: The Phoenix who wrote (13759)	4/30/1998 5:58:00 PM
From: Tom Simpson	Respond to of 77400

>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. And what might that "something" be? :o) >now own's most desktop environment... Herein lies the heart of the matter; whether your desktop should ever be "owned" by another and indeed what that means. If MSFT be permitted to be a utility, perhaps it needs to be regulated like one. Best Regards.....Tom