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I guess that I was hinting at this when I referred to the break up of the
Standard Oil Trust.
Lionel Issen
lissen@xxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Tann" <grt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 2:35 PM
Subject: RE: to be or not to be
> Lionel
>
> In that case, we'd have 2 monopolies; one for operating systems and one
for
> application software. I'd like to see an analysis of whether there would
be
> any impact in either of these areas.
>
> Guy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of lissen@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 9:37 AM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: to be or not to be
>
> Without going into a long discussion, last year one of the rumors
floating
> around was to separate Microsoft into 2 companies. One to develop and
sell
> the operating system(s), the second to develop and sell all the other
> Microsoft software.
>
> About a hundred years ago, the US government "broke" up the Standard Oil
> Trust into several different companies, seven I think. Does anyone
believe
> that this affected Rockefeller's dominance of the oil industry or reduced
> his income in anyway?
>
> Lionel Issen
> lissen@xxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "A.J. Maas" <anthmaas@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Metastock-List" <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 4:43 PM
> Subject: to be or not to be
>
>
> > Time to call for a worldwide import ban on US goods + US products
> !!!!!!!!
> >
> > (If the below joke from the very industry dominating US-government and
> > its marionettes gets through. First we had the CIAinfiltrating, now
> > the Gov themselves chainsawing the legs off of a table).
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ton Maas
> > ms-irb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Dismiss the ".nospam" bit (including the dot) when replying and
> > note the new address change. Also for my Homepage
> > http://home.planet.nl/~anthmaas
> >
> > =========================================================
> >
> > Today's WinInfo
> > Report: U.S. government seeks to break up Microsoft!
> >
> >
> > Report: U.S. government seeks to break up Microsoft!
> >
> > According to a report Wednesday in USA Today, the United States
> government
> > and 19 U.S. states will seek to break up Microsoft Corporation into two
> > smaller companies should it win its antitrust case against the software
> > giant. And such a victory is virtually guaranteed unless Microsoft
> reaches a
> > settlement, given the harsh language of the findings of fact, which
were
> > issued last November. Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, who is overseeing
> the
> > case, will deliver his conclusions of law in February.
> >
> > The U.S. government and various states had been at odds regarding the
> > eventual punishment of Microsoft ever since they combined forces to
bring
> > the monopolist to justice. However, according to the USA Today report,
a
> > consensus has finally been reached and the current plan is to split
> > Microsoft into two companies, one that sells its Windows operating
system
> > and one that would sell applications software. Windows is installed on
> well
> > over 90% of all personal computers sold and in operation today.
> >
> > Though Microsoft says it is open to a settlement, the company isn't
> > interested in being split up.
> >
> > "[A breakup] would do great harm to the industry," said Microsoft
> > spokesperson Mike Murray.
> >
> > Late Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) publicly commented
> on
> > the USA Today story, which it described as "inaccurate in several
> respects."
> > USA Today then announced that it stands by the story, however.
Microsoft
> > shares fell almost 4 to 105 13/16 as rumors swirled about breakups and
> > settlement talks; Microsoft lawyers also met today in Chicago with the
> > mediator in its antitrust case.
> >
> > Oddly enough, AOL's purchase of Time Warner this week makes Microsoft's
> > position in its antitrust trial more positive: Microsoft argued that
its
> > domination of the computer industry was under constant attack and that
it
> > could fall by the wayside at any time should its competitors come
> together
> > in a convincing way. With the AOL/Time Warner deal, that may have just
> > happened.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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