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To: Roads End who wrote (25473)	5/4/1998 1:27:00 AM
From: Nero	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

Unfettered, cut-throat capitalism ultimately serves neither the public, the corporation nor the stockholder. When Microsoft mandates the bundling of IE with their dominant OS it is overstepping the monopolistic line. Antitrust regulators are there to make rules that protect the public, and no, we haven't had laissez-faire capitalism since the great Republican trustbuster Teddy Roosevelt. CPQ will do fine without Microsoft gorging on yet more high tech profitcenters. I'd worry more about Microsoft dictating to boxmakers if it got all-powerful.

To: Roads End who wrote (25473)	5/4/1998 9:08:00 AM
From: Charles Skeen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Re: <<When the govenmental <sic> regulators start making the rules for you . . .>> It is government's responsibility to set the legal framework that makes capitalism work. With no regulation we would be back to the days of John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company. Monopoly is not in the interest of economic efficiency or the consumer. Bill Gate's stranglehold on PC operating systems does him the power to put a gun to the head of both hardware and software providers and gives him an unfair advantage that stifles innovation and new ventures. It really surprises me how many techie types rush to his defense, when innovation stimulated by competition is one of the keys to future technical development. Charlie.