Re: One Representatives view - We can all sleep more peacefully now.

["Norm" <normanmo@clark.net>]

On Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:11:19 -0500, Bockhorst Roland  AFCA/ITLC 
256-3488 wrote:

>This is exerpted from a letter from Congressman Jim Talent,  Republican
>Missouri second district. It was sent in response to my e-mail to.
>
>
>1. Justice Department anti-trust allegations stem from bundling of browser.
>
>2. Mounting evidence suggests that Microsoft's software bundling does not
>constitute true anti-trust violation.
>
>3. Netscape is the industry leading browser.
>
>4. Netscape's profits have soared this past year.


     And how's their profits going to be *THIS* year???  Maybe you need
to remind this clown that Netscape no longer exists, and for the most
part the reason is M$ using it's OS monopoly to destroy Netscape's
market...and it obviously worked.


>
>5. Increasing numbers of browser companies are entering the market.


     Ask him to name them.

>
>6. Computer companies and consumers are also benefiting (by receiving more
>software at increasingly lower prices)
>
>7. Microsoft does not have a corner on the web browser market.
>
>8. Microsoft does not use that advantage to profit at the expense of
>consumers.
>
>9. Microsoft controls only 4 % of the software industry.
>
>10. It is mystifying the dogged insistence with which Reno is pursuing the
>Microsoft investigation.
>
>11. I will closely follow these proceedings.



     Tell him "It's *NOT* the browser stupid!!!"  But I don't believe
the *TRUTH* is going to sway this clown one bit, I'd be willing to bet
he copied his reply to you from some M$ PR release (it certainly reads
like one).


--
 ...Cheers,

 ...Norm

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