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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (19790)	5/28/1998 12:45:00 PM
From: Thure Meyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

"I explicitly state that it is not necessarily so if the company with the minority market share takes care to minimize risk and costs of conversion" "Now, as apps become more complex (a tactical measure on the part of MSFT to not only offer more productivity but to also make it more difficult to offer conversion utilities and lower costs) such as the intorduction of Visual Basic for Applications custom coding, switching costs become higher." Reginald, Both quotations were taken from your post. Even you understand that it was easier 5 years ago to do this. That is the whole point. Look at your own statement on how MS makes it more difficult to offer conversion utilities. This is much easier to do when you also write and ship Windows. Its a conscious effort by MS to lock the user in and is the basis for their monopoly. If you were to admit that MS has a desktop monopoly (good, bad or indifferent) then we can continue the conversation. But you cannot argue out of both sides of you mouth. Thure

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (19790)	5/29/1998 1:19:00 AM
From: Gerald R. Lampton	Respond to of 24154

The problem with the theory behind the DOJ's case, as well as Thure's comments is just that - they are theory, and totally ignore the reality of the situation. At this point in the case, we're talking about the pleadings. In discussing the sufficiency of the pleadings to withstand a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, for example, we accept, and assume the truth of, the facts as pled. It's only at the summary judgment and trial stages that you get into "the reality of the situation," when each side puts on its evidence and the finder of fact decides which version it finds most credible. I'm assuming the facts as pled are true. We can discuss reality if and when we see what evidence the two sides present.