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To: Michael Sphar who wrote (14312)	11/15/1998 7:00:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	Respond to of 71178

I don't agree that with Linux innovation will be stifled because of the absence of a "head". There is plenty of innovation occuring in Linux right now. Some of this innovation is freely shared in the Linux world, some you have to buy. How Microsoft affects innovation is one of the questions being debated in the DOJ's anti-trust suit. Some argue that MSFT in fact discourages innovation because it has in effect stolen the application ideas of others and incorporated those ideas into its octopus-style DOS. Netscape is only the latest innovator to see an application it developed soon become not an application, but part of MSFT's DOS. While public perception is that this results in a free improvement in Windows, the truth is that Microsoft has been increasing the cost that OEMs pay to install Windows on their machines, and MSFT is extracting monopoly 'rent'. The biggest hurdles I see confronting Linux is ease of installation, the porting of popular applications, and the availability of drivers.