This tells you how qualified is the DOJ to make the
decisions about computer technology.
The Wolf
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Jordan Bill-G13271 [mailto:G13271@email.mot.com]
-> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 11:43 AM
-> To: 'PLUG Discuss'
-> Subject: They have got to be kidding!
->
->
-> 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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