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In today's news:

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20000403/ts/microsoft_leadall_10.html

Now the flood of corporate anti-competitive lawsuits will begin...

I find it quite interesting to compare how Cisco has managed to 
become the biggest company in the world (even overtaking 
Microsoft) in just 16 years (Cisco was founded in 1984) and 
without (obviously or publicly) engaging in anti-competitive 
behavior.  For instance, you don't get a better price break by 
being a 100% Cisco network versus (say) being a 90% Cisco 
network.  Your price break is determined by the volume you buy, 
not by who else you do (or don't ) buy from.  In fact, you only 
need to agree to use 75% Cisco equipment to be qualified to be a 
Cisco Powered Network.  Instead of trying to force you to buy 
their products with anti-competitive licensing agreements, they 
just try to make products that are good enough that you *want* 
to buy them.  What a concept!

jc


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