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To: Tony Viola who wrote (54933)	5/1/1998 3:24:00 PM
From: Barry Grossman	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Tony and all, On CNBC, Ron Insana just interviewed the Attorney General for the State of Connecticut. Connecticut is one of 13 states that are now considering shortly filing a lawsuit seeking to prevent Microsoft from releasing Windows 98. Ron asked him directly if they were trying to stop Microsoft from releasing Windows 98. The Attorney General replied saying that the states are "not seeking to stop Microsoft from releasing any product" but are trying to "protect consumers" from harm by a company that because of it's dominant monopoly position is keeping pricing "high" and competition from being able to compete effectively. Ron then asked him if they can demonstrate that consumers have been damaged by Microsoft. He said that they weren't trying to show that but were trying to make a judgement about what to do. Basically he demurred. Probably because the answer is that they can't show any damage. Seems to me the attempt to stop Microsoft is putting the cart before the horse when they attempt to stop something that they claim is a long term benefit even though they admit that the short term benefits to the economy will be negative. By the way, does anybody know which 13 States are involved in this attempt? Well directed e-mails from those of us with contrary opinions as to the need for this action to the powers that be in those States might be helpful. Barry