DAVID HARTUNG wrote in a message to TOM ENRIGHT:
 TE> What about Microsoft's little policy of *requiring* vendors to 
 TE> buy Internet Explorer in order to be *allowed* to purchase 
 TE> Windows 95?  That, to me, is an unfair trade practice.  If Gates
 TE> wants to give IE away or discount the price to gain market share 
 TE> it's one thing; but to require it's purchase by vendors is 
 TE> another.  I don't much like either side on this subject.
 DH>  Their business, the Feds still have no business being involved! 
Why?  I've been pondering this for a long time, and the answer I keep coming 
back to (which is in the Constitution, I believe) is the right the Federal 
Government *does* have to regulate interstate trade, which is what Microsoft 
is certainly doing.  Part of me thinks that MS is being targeted for being 
too successful (hey, maybe Gates is a Republican :-) ) another part of me 
thinks that MS is a monopoly and perhaps needs a dose of regulation.  MS 
arrogance never ceases to amaze me.
-- Mark
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