Actually, the entire government standardized on MS Office a while back
so that different departments could communicate without the constant
need to save documents in so many different foramts.  So the DOJ's
choice were actually quite limited.  They could go with Mac's running
Off98 or PC's running Winblows for Off97/2K.  Which one do you think a
government budget made easier to acquire?  (Bear in mind the support
costs in man-hours/payroll are usually budget seperately from
aquisitions.)

Jordan Bill-G13271 wrote:
> 
> Is the Justice Department really serious about this?
> >From CNN's website.
> 
>                                      Robber barons?
> 
>                   The government fired  back at Microsoft, with Attorney
> General Janet Reno
>                   emphasizing the Justice Department's determination to
> create a fair market and
>                   competition among U.S. businesses.
> 
>                   "America was not made the industrial giant of the world by
> the robber barons
>                   alone," Reno told her weekly press conference. "It was
> made the industrial
>                   giant of the world by competition, by encouraging new
> developments, by
>                   encouraging young entrepreneurs to break into the market.
> It's the best system
>                   I've seen so far."
> 
>                   In view of Microsoft's monopoly with the Windows operating
> system, Reno was
>                   asked why the Justice Department has bought tens of
> thousands of PCs
>                   running Windows, rather than buying alternative operating
> systems.
> 
>                   She replied that monopolies limit choice, "I don't think
> you endorse something
>                   by purchasing it," Reno said, "if that's the only game in
> town...in terms of an
>                   effective machine, the lowest price available."
> 
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