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That was my first reaction as well. But as I think about it, what would be the
point of the OS as a separate company. It seems to me (a near totally
uninformed observer) that that is the essense of MSFTs monopoly. Iguess the
judge is praying that Gates and DOJ will work out a deal so that MSFT pays its
pound of flesh to the Clintonistas, spins off a few token businesses, gives
away some code and get on with business.
Dale Andren wrote:
> most likely they could spin off the OS division.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <tradejacker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 7:36 AM
> Subject: Re: MS/JUSTICE DEPT RULING
>
> > possibly, but how would it be broken up? seems to be a hell of a lot more
> > integration between the msft divisions than with the att/baby bells or
> even
> > with the "7 sisters" integrated oils.
> >
> > TJ
> >
> > not trying to be a smartass, just curious on how it will be done
> >
> > At Sat, 06 Nov 1999 07:24:07 -0500, Jim Johnson <jejohn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >I have heard it reported that owning ATT at the time of breakup and
> > >then
> > >holding the distributed shares of the baby Bells has out performed the
> > >SP500.
> > >I see the same potential if MSFT is broken up.
> >
> >
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