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To: Bearded One who wrote (9866)	7/31/1998 3:12:00 PM
From: ToySoldier	Respond to of 74651

Bearded One, This James guy has clearly been schooled in the MSFT School of Economy. Rule #1 "Whatever rules put in place to promote competition do not pertain to MSFT". Rule #2 "If MSFT is caught red-handed breaking the law - send out the minions to broadcast how unfair MSFT is being treated and picked on." Rule #3 "If MSFT is caught red-handed breaking the law - try to confuse the public into thinking that the bad old oppressive government is wrong and poor innocent MSFT is right." I dont think James is one to be taken too seriously. He is an expert at trying to implement Rule #3. Twist the anti-trust laws around to make them sound useless. You are right Bearded One - there are thousands of other monopolies in the economy and the majority of the companies that have one abide by the rules. Most maintain a strong monopoly because they continue to innovate their products, keep them competitively priced, and market their monopoly effectively. Those that lose their monopoly have done so because one of these factors have been ignored. Look at lost monoploies: Hayse Modems - lost to pricing Novell NetWare - lost to marketing IBM PCs - lost to pricing and lack of innovation Netscape - lost to unlawful MSFT practices James wont understand this logic. It goes against his MSFT schooling. Toy

To: Bearded One who wrote (9866)	7/31/1998 3:48:00 PM
From: miraje	Respond to of 74651

there are probably hundreds if not thousands of monopolies in various markets within the United States. Somehow most of them are able to still do well without breaking the anti-trust laws. Pretty amazing, huh? Most of them are breaking the anti-trust laws. It's just a matter of political expediency to go after one or two high profile companies at a time. I'm sure the DOJ and FTC would be happy to have their departmental budgets doubled or tripled so they could more rigorously control and regulate our "free" economy for the benefit of poor helpless consumers and inept businesses, not to mention their own cushy, high paying, taxpayer funded bureaucratic jobs. I think you've read too much Ayn Rand. She was a very bright woman and a lot of her ideas make a lot of sense. Regards, JB