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To: Ann T.M. who wrote (19320)	5/18/1998 5:59:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Erika, I'm glad you've quickly picked up on company line #1, if you have any criticism of Microsoft, you're a Microsoft hater. A rather tedious ad hominen attack, when it gets repeated about a hundred times. On this particular issue, I'm naive high school civics guy. I don't say what the law is, or how it should be enforced. I just find the PR-based "We are the world" defense strategy Bill's carrying out fairly silly and extralegal. To repeat, I'm sure to no avail, lots of big companies past and present have lived with antitrust without making it front page news. Bill's quite innovative, turning an inherently arcane issue into the O.J. trial for the technoweenie set. Long ago, I used to ritually say Microsoft has many fine products, generally at a good price. I quit saying that after having extensive experience with the integrity and uniformity of the Windows95 experience. But it's still sort of true, and Windows 98 is supposed to suck less, I hear. Still, a big part of capitalism is supposed to be competition, at least in naive microeconomics, and outside of the antitrust context everybody who likes Microsoft laughs at the idea of anybody competing with them. Of course, in the antitrust context, the line mysteriously changes to "the whining crybabies should just shut up and compete". There's this hobgoblin in my small mind that can't quite handle the argument, maybe it's part of the duality of man. Or maybe it's like Bill said before the Senate, a bright innovator could replace Windows in a day! Bill wouldn't lie, would he? Cheers, Dan.

To: Ann T.M. who wrote (19320)	5/18/1998 10:55:00 PM
From: tiquer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Erika, You are exactly the reason that Microsoft needs to be reined in. You get your computer... Hey it has Internet Explorer all set up as the default browser. You use it.. it works great. Why on earth would you complicate your internet/computing experience buy either downloading or switching to Navigator.. You and most people new to computing wouldn't dream of it, and I agree, wouldn't make sense to do so.. So Internet Explorer's share will most definitely increase by nearly 100% of new users. So 1st IE....what's next..Real Audio, Video, telephony, banking..etc etc.. As long as Microsoft has complete control of what gets integrated into the operating system their market share will increase.. always approaching 93% (or whatever market share of the operating system they currently have at the time), So Microsoft gets to "direct" you as to what "they" think is good for your computing experiences.. This is detrimental, because if Microsoft can't buy the most innovative new technology "you" may never get to see/use it... Also, an upstart company who does have great new innovative technology may never get it to the public, because Microsoft decides it has a better idea (one that it can buy).. This is bad (IMO) and it is the reason Microsoft needs to be broken up... Roger R