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To: t2 who wrote (16359)	2/18/1999 4:53:00 PM
From: Byron Xiao	Respond to of 74651

Ohh, really? IBM and AT&T were once monopolies just like MSFT is now. And what standard are you talking about? Any standards I've seen so far, MSFT is not the sole participant on the committee. Are you talking about Java? or any standard in consumer electronic commerce? You've lost me there. It seems like SUN is doing pretty well in those area. RDBMS standard? seems like Oracle is the leader. If you are talking about open system standard or programming language standard, then there are more than one player. You've lost me there. Byron, You can't look at IBM and AT&T and determine how MSFT will do. MSFT has the unique position of setting the standards in a lot of products while IBM could not. Back in IBM's days, PCs were not as common. It is more difficult to drop MSFT from its position.

To: t2 who wrote (16359)	2/18/1999 5:01:00 PM
From: Byron Xiao	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

Byron, You can't look at IBM and AT&T and determine how MSFT will do. MSFT has the unique position of setting the standards in a lot of products while IBM could not. Back in IBM's days, PCs were not as common. It is more difficult to drop MSFT from its position. Just hyperthetically, say INTC decided to form a joint venture with IBM, SUNW, ORCL to develop a new generation of OS that solely runs on its processor after the current law suit is over, is it that difficult to do? Sure, it will probably take several years for the OS to mature, but if these guys decide to offer competitive pricing, who's to say that consumers won't embrace their OS?