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To: Bret Savage who wrote (309)	11/20/1998 3:44:00 AM
From: timbur	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10713

Bret, Although I too believe a MS splitup will be worth more than it currently is, I think your reasoning is flawed. If MS is broken up, MS will no longer ba able to strongarm its office suite onto OEM machines. So the Corels and Lotuses of the world might be able to make some inroads. Unfortunately, I cannot add any reasoning to back up my belief. I guess that's one area of my life I have strong faith. :) Regarding Java, don't be so sure MS has compliant software ready to go. They've been slow to reply before, when they have had their assumptions toppled. Tim

To: Bret Savage who wrote (309)	11/20/1998 1:53:00 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10713

Bret you may be right. One of the officers of one of my clients will be an expert witness for the government soon. We talked about the similarities of MSFT with Standard Oil. After Standard Oil was broken down, Rockefeller (sp?) trippled his money, though whined and moaned till his death about the unfairness of the rulling. So I am changing my mind. Break up of MSFT into 4 or 5 companies will be the best thing for everyone, including the MSFT shareholders. Gates of course has enough money that he does not care about his stock price; he is bent on world domination. So when this energy is redirected from destroying competition to excelling in whatever they do, they may in fact make more money and have better market performance. ST