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To: XiaoYao who wrote (11765)	10/25/1998 3:39:00 AM
From: ed	Respond to of 74651

So, if DOJ wins this case, it means : Intel will suit AMD for always selling the products with a price which is 25% lower than Intel's similar products, and which will eat Intel's market share . AMD will suit Lucent for integrating the flash memory into its communication chip, which will degrade the market of AMD's flash memory products. Zenth will suit Sony of developing a new TV which had better performance but lower price, because this new TV will eat Zenth's TV market shares. Lotus should suit Microsoft for developing a better word processor which will replace Lotus's products. Pepsi will suit KO , because KO's product will eat the market share of Pepsi. Whilrpool will suit Ford for integrating airconditions of other manufacturers' into its cars, which hurt Whirlpool's business opportunity in the automotive market. NSCP will suit AOL for not using navigators. Intel will suit Compaq for using AMD's K6 CPU Delta Airline will suit Mr. John for not giving Delta a fair business opportunity. Because John took American Airline to fly from Washington DC to Los Angeles. ... .... All the above suit will fit the definition of DOJ's Justice law, the problem is the consumers will be the big losers. If there is a true justice, Microsoft should win this case easily. However, if the true justice does not exist at all, then , anything may happen !!!!!!!!!!!

To: XiaoYao who wrote (11765)	10/25/1998 3:46:00 AM
From: ed	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

The problem is if you integrate everything into your product and make the performance / price even better, DOJ will complain that you dump the market and which is an unfair practice or misuse of market power. While if you sell separately to make the whole package more expensive, the DOJ will complain again , because you hurt the consumers. So, what should you do ? You can not do anything but just wait the DOJ to file a suit against you. Because , whatever you do is always wrong in DOJ's eyes, even you did not do anything.

To: XiaoYao who wrote (11765)	10/25/1998 12:02:00 PM
From: drmorgan	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 74651

If they think adding a particular feature is better for consumer, (so more sells, more profits) they should free to do just that. This kind of sounds like we are getting down to what is a feature and what is a "product". I guess my IE4 in Win98 is a feature while my NSCP Communicator is a product? Can you compare some of the features of Win95 & 98 that have been part of the OS for some time like the different accessories to Web browsers in terms of development cost? How many millions have been spent developing these browsers? What if you and I decided to develop a browser but to pay for the development we would have to charge $39.95 for our browser to even break even. Is it a competitive market when big companies give their product away for free and all we would want to do is make a small profit at best? Competition helps innovation and that is a plain and simple fact. I have a difficult time understanding this concept of free software that has cost millions to develop. There is no level playing field only a playing field for the big companies. What does this really do for innovation?