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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Deliveryman who wrote (7975)	5/26/1998 1:46:00 AM
From: Hal Rubel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

RE "Connecticut Attorney General, the trial will likely include how consumers (in general) have been harmed by:" 1. Microsoft's tie-in contracts with vendors which have resulted in restraining trade,or Microsofts bulk sales (per CPU) that resulted in lower OS costs t0consumers. 2. Unsavory business practices documented in subpoenaed Microsoft internal memos, or Aggressive business practices that added shareholder value and kept the company from becoming another "Ford" or WordPerfect 3. Predatory pricing to stamp out competitors, or Meeting Competitors low pricing dollar for dollar (Borland etc.) Two sides of the same coin?" These are two sides of the same coin in a competitive market. But in a monopolistic market such activity is viewed with alarm in most states, at the US Federal level, in the European Economic Union, Canada, and Australia. Japan's anti-trust laws are very specific but are enforced by back door negotiation so there is little president. Latin America, Africa, and SE Asia have yet to tackle public policy with respect to markets with unusually strong monopoly characteristics. Look to market share, lack of short term and medium term alternatives, and to abusive contractual arrangements to determine how behavior may be classified. HR