Re: Microsoft Cleared In Conn. Of Antitrust Violations

["John J. Urbaniak" <jjurban@ibm.net>]

Norm wrote:

>      You're right Mitch, no single action is going to become a 'silver
> bullet' against M$.  But don't be too quick to dismiss the value of the
> cumulative effect all these suits could have on M$.  Any loss for M$
> will only open the door to even more antitrust suits against them, and
> the more they lose the easier it will be for the next.  But like you I
> also believe that if this fight is to ever be won it's going to have to
> be won on the consumer level, and if nothing else everything
> surrounding all these suits has been a real PR nightmare for M$.  I
> agree it's only a start, but it's gotta start somewhere.
>

Yes, but I have yet to see a genuine concern, either in the press or from the
public to the effect that "this company is so corrupt, why do I have to buy their
software when I purchase a computer?"

John