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  3. From: tzs@stein.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
  5. Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
  6. Message-ID: <1i3qudINN359@shelley.u.washington.edu>
  7. Date: 2 Jan 93 10:31:41 GMT
  8. Article-I.D.: shelley.1i3qudINN359
  9. References: <1992Dec23.040854.17113@tc.cornell.edu> <1992Dec23.170632.0207085@locus.com> <1992Dec23.212545.10734@tc.cornell.edu>
  10. Organization: University of Washington School of Law, Class of '95
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  14. bai@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor) writes:
  15. >>>IBM challenged that assumption. Why did not they challenge it a lot
  16. >>>earlier ? 
  17. >>>
  18. >>Because, others have chalanged Microsoft, only to be litigated or 
  19. >>advertized into the grave.
  20. >
  21. >Again: Only MS was efficient enough to provide these services in spite
  22. >of high costs for advertizing and legalmen. 
  23. >
  24. >This only supports my previous observation, that the more efficient
  25. >a company is, the more likely it is to be penalized by the FTC. Nice
  26. >prize for efficiency.
  27.  
  28. What is your definition of "efficient"?
  29.  
  30. --Tim Smith
  31.