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Technology Stocks : Will SUNW bring down MSFT?
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To: pragat who wrote (852)11/25/1997 10:39:00 PM
From: Scotsman  Read Replies (1) of 878
 
The DOJ won't do a darn thing. Microsoft may pull their liscense for Windows and the government would be shut down.( just kidding, kinda.)

I tell you what bugs me about Microsoft and the DOJ is that there is a parallel between JD Rockefeller and Standard Oil, and Gates and Microsoft. The following are two examples ( forgive my long windedness, therse no way around it.)
1)
Rockefeller saw an opportunity to get the fledgling oil industry standardized so he could make a buck and at the same time make sure that when you bought kerosine, it was kerosine, not gasoline. ( this was a major problem at the turn of the century as most oil products were used for lighting, not cars.) So he used his size to "sweat" his competition by underselling them until the went bust or signed on with him.
Bill Gates saw an opportunity to make the computer industry standardized and make a buck at the same time. This was a real problem at the beginning of the info age as there were several operating systems out and they didn't talk to each other. He used his size to force the computer manufacturers to put Windows on their PC's or they would be cut off and go bust.
2) Rockefeller forced the railroads to charge all other oil companies a surcharge to ship their oil. This surcharge went straight into the pockets of JD. Hence, the competition was paying to have their throats cut.
Bill Gates forced the box makers to pay him royalties for every PC made regardless of if it had Windows or not.Hence they were paying hime money to cut the throats of his competition.

The problem I have with DOJ is that in the second case, Standard was forced to split up. Microsoft was simply slapped on the hand and signed some kind of "consent decree." which is a legal way of saying " stay out of my business."

And if Microsoft is so hot on providing the customer with value, their fighting cry, why not install Excell and Word on the operating system and charge another 100 bucks. Because they know they would be split up. But they have that capability. This is what the DOJ should concentrate on.
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