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To: yard_man who wrote (12269)	12/2/1998 5:20:00 PM
From: MythMan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

I agree with you. I also think the Clinton case has just started.

To: yard_man who wrote (12269)	12/2/1998 5:27:00 PM
From: accountclosed	Respond to of 86076

I have to make disclaimers first before I comment on Msft: 1. They have been a symbol of the excess of the bubble market to me for years. 2. I personally detest Gates. I believe he is worse than Clinton in lying, evading, shading, and creating the "truth". 3. I think Msft business practices in every aspect suck. I believe that they routinely pass the api's to excel software team before lotus gets them. Thus excel beats 123 to market with win95 spreadsheet program and lotus never catches up. 4. I think Msft operating systems are pure hs. They have innovated about 1% of what they offer. Most is stolen from Xerox Parc, Apple, Lotus, et al. 5. I wish I was the guy that threw the shaving cream pie in Gates' face. 6. I don't hate the super rich, remember that I defend Mike Milken. ============= Legally and logically, IMO, the merger shouldn't have a bearing. If the practices engaged in were anticompetitive -- they were. What do you think about it? I agree 100%. If there are memos, recordings, documentations of anti-competitive practices, MSFT should be held responsible. Remember the TX case. They conspired to violate laws and the penalties were severe. If they tried to get NSCP to collude with them, fine them. If they violated the chinese wall in program development, fine them and threaten to break them up if they do it again. They are good marketers. And they are good at playing hardball. If they break the law, throw the book at them. Mergers are meaningless. That's like saying that a rape isn't a rape because the victim subsequently got married. (btw Yardeni says 4.3% overvalued on fed model tonight)