Hello Richard!
24 Feb 98 09:45, Hans Mangold wrote to Richard Perry:
 RP>> No one forces me at all.  However, with the marketing might that
 RP>> Microsoft has, it must be careful not to leave the impression of
 RP>> limiting consumer choice or leading down a path of exclusivity.
 RP>> That is exactly what the DOJ calls "unfair" practices.  That's
 RP>> what the Sherman AntiTrust Act was all about my friend.
Richard, further to my last message.......
The phenomenal success of the sub-$1,000 computer in the past 6 to 8 months 
has had a very =profound= impact on the entire PC industry; even the movers 
and shakers are only now beginning to grasp the fact that the evolution of 
the PC has taken an unscheduled detour.  Witness: Intel, caught with their 
pants down, are now scrambling to introduce a =less= powerful system (Back to 
the Future?) consisting of a stripped-down PII (without the L2 cache) and a 
stripped-down motherboard chip-set (EX?). (Why not bring back the older 
Pentium 166MMX instead???  But, back to the point.....)
In the process, this sub-$1,000 PC has brought about a greater fragmentation 
in the market, much, much sooner than anyone had anticipated.  For some, it's 
a games machine, for others a business system, but for a considerable chunk 
of the 40% marketshare, it's..... a simple internet access tool.
Now, should an internet access tool come with internet access tools?
Should a car come with wheels? 
Cheers, Hans
... Mercy for the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.
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