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To: damniseedemons who wrote (21200)	11/4/1998 1:21:00 AM
From: Bearded One	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 24154

Sal, if I shot at you and only wounded you, do I get off? What about if I miss you entirely? Furthermore, the whole argument about damage to Netscape misses the point. The damage to Netscape was for a lower purpose-- preservation of Microsoft's platform monopoly. That is, it's probably OK in general to hurt a company, but you can't hurt a company for the purposes of preserving your monopoly. That's why the Office/Apple stuff is relevant. Nobody cares if Office is a monopoly, the only question is did Microsoft try to get Apple to hurt Netscape and Sun-- threatening to withdraw a profitable product which would damage Apple coupled with all those MSFT emails is evidence that Microsoft was trying to hurt Netscape and Sun in order to preserve their platform monopoly It all comes down to preserving a monopoly.

To: damniseedemons who wrote (21200)	11/9/1998 3:18:00 PM
From: Keith Hankin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Keith, I don't mean to be a smartass; but NSCP is still alive and all indications are that the company will remain viable for the foreseeable future. Bearded One's response is appropriate. Does NSCP have to have been destroyed for MSFT's actions to be considered illegal? NSCP was severely injured by MSFT's actions, and continues to be injured, as evidenced by ongoing public perception problems and stock price reductions. Moreover, even with a free browser, NSCP still cannot get it bundled with the big computer OEMs, because of MSFT licensing restrictions and fear of being on their bad side. Thus, it is likely that NSCP marketshare will continue to slide as it is bundled with more computers.