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MSFT -- Should the DOJ Break it up?

An SI Board Since February 1997

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Emcee: Kenneth E. De Paul	Type: Unmoderated

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69	To break an oil company, phone company and a software company is different. I	ed	-	5/9/1998
68	To lapse into serious discussion just briefly... A "monopoly" doesn&	JF Quinnelly	-	5/9/1998
67	I don't think Bill Gates would be satisfied with the limitations of being P	JF Quinnelly	-	5/9/1998
66	First of all I would like to say that you post the wrong topics on the wrong th	ed	-	5/9/1998
65	None of the companies you cite has a MONOPOLY on their product. Big difference.	Mike Robinson	-	5/9/1998
64	>>Maybe the government itself is the problem of our society , and block t	Muffin Man	-	5/9/1998
63	So, in the future, Ford Motor company can't sell any cars bundled with any	ed	-	5/9/1998
62	You may just vote Bill Gate into the white house, instead of just spend so much	ed	-	5/9/1998
61	Actually Jim, I am complaining about MS's strong-arm tactics, abusive behav	energy_investor	-	5/9/1998
60	>Neither has it escaped my notice that WIN 98 retails for $109 .. but only f	jim shiau	-	5/9/1998
59	<<i don't hear consumers complaining?>> Here's one cons	energy_investor	-	5/9/1998
58	the only ones who seem to be complaining are msft's competitors and the doj	robert mcmillan	-	5/8/1998
57	Kevin, Netscape's browser was NOT free until 2 or 3 months ago. Giving awa	Mike Milde	-	5/8/1998
56	<< Do you really believe that there's no difference between these exa	Kevin Hay	-	5/8/1998
55	I read what you have written with interest, but I see no citations of specifica	Muffin Man	-	5/8/1998
54	Kevin Hay -- Re:<<In the mid eighties did msft go to the DOJ and say '	M31	-	5/8/1998
53	DOJ- The IBM Precedent I got this from the IBM site. Let me know if it is sla	Jon Stept	-	5/7/1998
52	DOJ-States Attorneys General gang up on msft, my take: All these states have c	Kevin Hay	-	5/7/1998
51	Break-up MSFT before they take away our freedom. No choice left. The Mafia-st	HerbertOtto	-	5/7/1998
50	Freedom includes freedom to achieve and freedom to fail. Freedom is the issue,	Muffin Man	-	5/7/1998
49	Attention Business And Technology Editors: MKS SELECTED BY MICROSOFT TO SUPPLY	Garry O'krafka	-	5/6/1998
48	Break-up MSFT now! - Even MSFT says it is too big. We can't allow one comp	HerbertOtto	-	5/4/1998
47	Microsoft to buy the U.S. Government REDMOND, Wash. - Oct. 21, 1997 -- In dire	JF Quinnelly	-	10/26/1997
46	Good luck to you Dan. It saddens me to see you and so many others waste product	mozek	-	5/9/1997
45	<i><b>Mike wrote:</b> We inked the deal with Sun the morning	Dan Guinan	-	5/9/1997

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