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To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (22249)	12/20/1998 5:33:00 AM
From: Harvey Allen	Respond to of 24154

I think Judge Jackson's statements about AOL/Netscape merger make remedies unlikely. Try this: AOL Microsoft PC $500. PC $500. Navigator 0. Explorer 0. Linux 0. Win98 100. Total $500. Total $600. If you don't think this is possible, remember all AOL apps are mostly free Java while MSFT are big bucks Win. Also when you turn on your machine what is the first thing you do- connect to the Internet. What do you do when you disconnect from the Internet- shut down. Harvey P.S. Bonus points. Bill's contract with AOL keeps giving AOL MSFT's customers. They really snookered him. Payback for Spyglass.

To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (22249)	12/20/1998 7:19:00 AM
From: Jan Garrity Allen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Hey what I watched on TV this past year with our GOVT is ridiculous and even tho the Reps upheld the Constitution the Street games I saw many of them playing makes me shudder!! I believe that the govt is way off base with Microsoft and the whiners that did not get in early went to BIG DADDY and SCREECHED!! Of course all these Civil Servents wanna look useful so they jumped all over themselves getting to it!!I am certain that Microsoft will prevail against the govt legal beagles and will continue to be the PREMIER Company we as long term investors have known and respected for years!!U.go MSFT!!!

To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (22249)	12/20/1998 10:58:00 AM
From: miraje	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Gerald, 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. I believe, from reading your posts, that you would argue this position yourself, the time frame being dependent upon the willingness of the populace to swallow the poison in large or small doses. It is quite another to say that imposing antitrust remedies on Microsoft will turn us into another North Korea. This argument is ridiculous. Exuberent? Yes. Stretched to make a point? Yes. The passions of politics, not to be taken literally. I know you legal guys like words to have precise meanings. :-) 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. Ah, benefits and remedies for who? The consumers or the billionaire whiners in Silicon Valley? And at whos expense? Is the justification for any remedies analagous to the cure being more lethal than the disease? 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. The dream and hope of all statists in a semi-civilized, semi-free society. Stealth conquest. An eventual "fait accompli". Regards, JB