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To: Jan Garrity Allen who wrote (22242)	12/19/1998 10:38:00 AM
From: drmorgan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

need to pick themselves up and innovate like Microsoft has since its inception! I'm curious, what did MSFT innovate in it's inception?

To: Jan Garrity Allen who wrote (22242)	12/19/1998 11:10:00 AM
From: Justin Banks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Jan - I really feel sorry for them ....NOT....and believe they need to pick themselves up and innovate like Microsoft has since its inception!! I too feel sorry for oppressed people, but I'm confused as to what you think MSFT has innovated? What innovations do you think they've come up with? -justinb

To: Jan Garrity Allen who wrote (22242)	12/19/1998 11:06:00 PM
From: Gerald R. Lampton	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 24154

If the Government wants to STIFLE innovation and creativity I strongly suggest that they come to Seoul and head 30 miles North and see what restrictions do to a Country!! I think you are getting WAY, WAY ahead of yourself here. It is one thing to argue that the introduction of elements of planning into a market economy will gradually, over long period time, lead to the creation of a totalitarian society. It is quite another to say that imposing antitrust remedies on Microsoft will turn us into another North Korea. This argument is ridiculous. Whatever validity your argument has derives from the fact that, yes, any antitrust remedy the court comes up with will most likely involve an element of planning, but, in and of itself it probably has some pretty clear benefits which are, after all, the justification for the remedy in the first place. And, if viewed as part of the larger picture, it is obvious that it will only be a tiny, tiny step in a long process of evolution drawn out over many years, even generations, one that most people will not, indeed, do not, even recognize.