Re: Bundling and operating systems

["Lewis A. Mettler" <lmettler@lamlaw.com>]

Ethical,

Do you have a quote where I said that if a million benefit but one is
harmed, it should be illegal?

Do you have a cite for that suggestion?

Please read the findings of facts.

You should look for the use of the word 'harm'.

Please tell me how many computers you think exist that are not connected
to the internet.

Please tell me how many consumers you think prefer to use a browser
other than IE.

Please tell me how many consumers you think prefer to pick and choose
their own software.

Go ahead.  Tell us your answers.

Ethical at One of One dot Net wrote:
> 
> In <99121900073108.03244@ehome.inhouse>, on 12/19/99 at 03:10 AM,
>    Eric Lee Green <elgreen@iname.com> said:
> 
> |What I see you saying, Lewis, is that  if there are 9,999,999,999
> |people who benefit from bundling, and 1 person who is harmed by
> |bundling, this is an actionable item even if the "harm" is just $10.
> |I'm sorry, Lewis, but that's the sort of reasoning that gives
> |lawyers a bad name.
> 
> Please do not assume that because Mr. Mettler makes an argument that
> type of argument has anything to do with the way that lawyers carry on
> a discourse.  Mr. Mettler advertises himself as an "attorney."  The
> vast majority of attorneys are not lawyers.
> 
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> "Ethical at One of One dot Net" <ethical@1of1.net>
> [T. Guilbert]
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Lewis A. Mettler, Esq.(Attorney and Software Developer)
lmettler@LAMLaw.com
http://www.lamlaw.com/ (detailed review of the Microsoft antitrust
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