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To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (19704)	5/26/1998 1:08:00 AM
From: dumbmoney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

A bizarre statement. How Microsoft becoming a regulated utility would compel anyone to buy their products escaes me. Please explain. The usual step after regulation is to make competition illegal. This is the pattern with local phone service, cable TV, etc. It's all in the "public interest", you see.

To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (19704)	5/26/1998 1:39:00 AM
From: ed	Respond to of 24154

To answer you question is simple. Once MSFT is regulated, it will make Microsoft just the same as of its other competitors, so you will not have any chance to buy an OS with a reasonable performance/ price which you can afford But now you can buy win98 from Microsoft for $109. Just look at what price SUNW, ORCL, NSCP is offering to their customers. Besides, the current DOJ case against MSFT is anti fair competition (DOJ is promoting NSCP's products only), if the DOJ win the case, you ,will lose the chance to buy any OS with affordable price, that is pretty anti consumers , because Microsoft will be regulated by DOJ to be just the same as SUNW, ORCL, and NSCP, which will offer a price of OS which not too many consumers can afford. So, now you still have a choice, but if DOJ win the case, you will lose your choice. That is what the DOJ calls freedom of choice, that is no choice.