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To: John O'Neill who wrote (16206)	8/3/1998 8:47:00 PM
From: Robert Mayo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213182

"That's because when a technology emerges that threatens to diminish Microsoft's control over the PC desktop, analysts and others say, it embarks on a course that ensures it stays in control." Ah mighty Microsoft, unstoppable, omnipotent, dominating everyone_ forever; just like "big steel" in the early 1900s; RCA in the 1920s; the railroads in the 1930s; etc.. Don't be so sure the trust busters are overmatched. Bill Gates has deep pockets, superb PR, and legions of sycophants (some of them CEOs), but the DOJ has evidence, persistence, and they want his scalp. Bob

To: John O'Neill who wrote (16206)	8/3/1998 11:19:00 PM
From: Zen Dollar Round	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

That's because when a technology emerges that threatens to diminish Microsoft's control over the PC desktop, analysts and others say, it embarks on a course that ensures it stays in control. The tendency doesn't bode well for Apple's move into multimedia streaming, despite the fact that QuickTime is one of the most popular applications on the Net. Ha ha ha ha! That's a good one. QuickTime is far superior to the MS video technology, for both regular and streaming video on computers. It's one of Apple's crown jewels, and as such, they should push it hard into the Wintel world. Apparently, MS is worried enough about it they've asked Apple more than once not to pursue it for Windows (hence the recent questions from the DOJ action). In fact, it was rumored to be Microsoft's illegal copying of code from QuickTime for its own MS Video that gives Apple the quarterly payments it receives from Microsoft. The total amount has never made public, but it is rumored to be substantially more than the $150 million stock investment. If Microsoft can't invent it themselves in house, apparently they steal it. As such, Apple's superior QT technology should do well in the marketplace, just as the DOJ is breathing down Microsoft's neck for anti-competitive practices.