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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: L&J: SLF: FAT16 and Computer Monopolies

Dear America,

I am prepared to litigate a challenge to Gates,
under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, for conspiring
with all disk drive manufacturers to delay the
availability of Windows 95, Version 950b,
with FAT32.  This delay caused FAT16 to remain
the standard for disk I/O, thereby wasting untold
millions of megabytes in the last cluster allocated
to any file.  Mathematically, 50% of a cluster is
wasted for EACH FILE stored in any logical disk
partition (e.g. "C:" being the most common).

I am an eyewitness to this monopoly, because Microsoft
interviewed me for a job last year, and I brought
up this problem.  I was politely shown the door.

The problem is in the File Access Table ("FAT").
There are two versions:  FAT16 is a 16-bit data 
structure, and FAT32 is a 32-bit data structure.

You can compute cluster size under FAT16 by dividing
unformatted hard disk size (e.g. 4.0 GB) by 65,536,
the maximum number of entries in the FAT vector
(a 16-bit data structure).  This will give you a
rough approximation of the cluster size.  Programmers,
as a group, are well aware of this number, because
it is the maximum number of unique permutations which
can be obtained from a single 16-bit binary number:

 0000000000000000 thru 1111111111111111

inclusive, with no sign bit (+ or -) in the leading
binary digit ("bit").

Here's the rub:  if you run your word processor, and
enter a single character ("a"), then save this one-character
file, the resulting file uses an entire cluster, because
clusters must be read and written as a unit.

/s/ Paul Mitchell
http://www.supremelaw.com



At 01:19 PM 5/12/97 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 00:54:54 -0700 (PDT)
>netaction-owner using -f
>From: Audrie Krause <akrause@igc.apc.org>
>Subject: Don't Be Soft On Microsoft
>
><< NetAction Alert >> ___________________________________________________
>
>Act Now to Stop Bill Gates From Becoming the Robber Baron of the Internet
>
>Like John D. Rockefeller and other Robber Barons of the late 19th Century,
>Bill Gates is ruthless in his quest to control an industry.  Microsoft's
>operating system and software are already installed in the vast majority of
>personal computers on the market today, and because Microsoft controls the
>standards and architecture that control the design of software, the company
>has a tremendous competitive advantage.    
>
>If we don't act soon, Microsoft *will* become a monopoly.
>
>>>>>> Support NetAction's Consumer Choice Campaign
>
>NetAction has launched the Consumer Choice Campaign to mobilize cyberspace
>consumers to demand stronger enforcement of the anti-trust laws that were
>enacted to prevent monopolies.  To join the mobilization, learn more about
>the issue, and find out what you can do to help, visit NetAction's Web site
>at: http://www.netaction.org/msoft/index.html
>
>Here's how you can help:
>
>*** Tell federal officials you want our anti-trust laws fully enforced.  Use
>the E-mail links on NetAction's Web site, or send messages to:
>antitrust@usdoj.gov and antitrust@ftc.gov.  Tell them: Don't be soft on
>Microsoft!  
>
>*** Learn more about Microsoft and what you can do in your community and in
>cyberspace by visiting the Consumer Choice Campaign on NetAction's Web site:
><http://www.netaction.org/msoft/ccc.html>.
>
>*** Subscribe to the Micro$oft Monitor to keep informed of developments. Use
>the form on NetAction's Web site, or send E-mail to:
majordomo@manymedia.com  
>In the body of the message, type: subscribe monitor   
>
>*** Contact NetAction if you can help with the mobilization.  Send E-mail
>to: akrause@igc.org.
>
>>>>>> Why is a Microsoft Monopoly a Threat to Internet Users?
>
>Microsoft is already a threat to the millions of cyber-citizens who use
>personal computers to communicate over the Internet.  Most Americans value
>the entrepreneurial spirit, and nowhere is this spirit more apparent today
>than in the burgeoning computer industry.  Vigorous competition by computer
>entrepreneurs has sparked innovation and brought a breathtaking array of new
>products to the marketplace.  Consumers benefit from a competitive
>marketplace because it gives us real choices in products and services.  But
>if Gates succeeds in his quest to dominate the computer industry,
>competition, innovation, and entrepreneurship will vanish.  
>
>It seems to NetAction that Gates will stop at nothing to control the
>computer industry.
>
>Controlling the standards and architecture that control the design of
>software is only way of the ways in which Microsoft gains a competitive
>advantage.  Microsoft also takes choices away from consumers -- and market
>share away from competitors -- by constantly adding new features to its
>operating system.  Developers of competitive products are at a disadvantage
>because only Microsoft knows in advance what changes are being planned for
>its operating system.
>
>For example, by adding the  Internet Explorer Web browser to its operating
>system, and also configuring the system so that Netscape's Navigator won't
>work properly, Microsoft effectively prevented Internet users from using its
>competitor's product.
>
>Wouldn't you rather decide for yourself which Web browser to use?  Why let
>Bill Gates make that decision for you?
>
>>>>>> What the Consumer Choice Campaign Plans to Do About Microsoft
>
>The goal of the Consumer Choice Campaign is to mobilize cyberspace consumers
>to send a message to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal
>Trade Commission (FTC), the government agencies responsible for
>investigating anti-competitive business practices and enforcing anti-trust
>laws.  We're asking you to tell the government: Don't be soft on Microsoft!
>To contact the DOJ and FTC, send E-mail to: antitrust@usdoj.gov and
>antitrust@ftc.gov.
> 
>Monopolies are illegal in the United States, but officials at DOJ and FTC
>aren't enforcing our antitrust laws as vigorously as they should be.
>Although the government has been looking at Microsoft's business practices
>for several years, so far their efforts have resulted in little more than a
>slap on Gates' wrist.  And it hasn't had *any* noticeable effect on his
>relentless quest to dominate the industry.   
>
>NetAction's Consumer Choice Campaign Web site includes additional background
>information on Microsoft's anti-competitive activities, suggestions for
>grassroots action by cyberspace consumers, links to other Web sites with
>information on the issue, and E-mail forms to use to contact the DOJ and FTC.
>
>As part of the mobilization, NetAction is launching the Micro$oft Monitor, a
>free electronic newsletter that will bring you periodic E-mail updates on
>federal anti-trust activities involving Microsoft, and action alerts when
>it's especially important for federal officials to hear from cyberspace
>consumers. 
>
>With your help, we can stop Bill Gates from becoming the Robber Baron of the
>Internet.  Join the mobilization, and tell the government: Don't be soft on
>Microsoft!
>
>>>>>> A Special Message for NetAction Notes Subcribers
>
>This alert has been sent to inform you of the Consumer Choice Campaign.  If
>you wish to receive future alerts about Microsoft, please subscribe to the
>Micro$oft Monitor.  NetAction Notes will continue to address a broad range
>of Internet organizing issues.
>
>>>>>> About NetAction
>
>NetAction is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to educating the
>public, policy makers, and the media about technology-based social and
>political issues, and to teaching activists how to use the Internet for
>organizing, outreach, and advocacy.
>
>NetAction is supported by individual contributions, membership dues and
>grants. For more information about contributing to NetAction, contact Audrie
>Krause by phone at (415) 775-8674, by E-mail at akrause@igc.org, visit the
>NetAction Web site at: http://www.netaction.org, or write to: 
>NetAction * 601 Van Ness Ave., No. 631 * San Francisco, CA 94102
>
>Copyright 1997 by NetAction/The Tides Center.  All rights reserved.
>Material may be reposted or reproduced for non-commercial use provided
>NetAction is cited as the source.  NetAction is a project of The Tides
>Center, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.   
>**************8
>This is my letter I sent to our representatives I encourage you all to do 
>the same if you have the time  or the inclination. The issue of Freedom 
>within the fabric of Communication is of Paramount importance to the Future 
>of any Nation or people.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>At the behest of an organization know as Net Action I am sending this e-mail 
>with the hope that whom ever may read it will understand that as an 
>individual citizen , and Philosopher concerned about the progress of 
>humanity , in a way ,  which will bring the greatest benefit to all ,  
>believe it is time  for the sake of keeping the Market Free, and 
>the possibilities not limited to the decisions and imagination of only a few 
>individuals to look into the allegations of anti-trust law regulations 
>concerning Microsoft and its taking over of the immense area dealing with 
>computer software and programming architecture.
>Those of you entrusted with the power to execute the provisions of the law 
>to protect the freedom of the Market to grow without the oppressive 
>limitations of one or a few " CyberDons"  who are making growth by other 
>creative 
>minds a virtual impossibility thru intentionally creating obstacles, and or 
>intimidation in the Market Place, should not  allow  what in plain simple 
>concept is Greed, and the Love of Power by a few individuals .
>We all know from the study of history that the greatest periods in 
>humankind`s progress has been during periods of creativity, and invention , 
>which was assisted by conditions of freedom of action, and thoughts.
>It is only simple arithmetic, and plain common sense logic that to allow one 
>individual to set the patterns of the future is in essence a disaster since 
>no one  person can account for all the factors of variety in life as it 
>expands and grows within the interlaces of the Universe.
> It is creative suicide to a society to allow such a condition of  Monopoly, 
>and the accumulation of 
>the energy of a society in the form of wealth in the hands of a few, who in 
>their old age due to the ' lawful progress of old age and its degenerations' 
>will not in practicality be in tune with the creative edge of growth , but 
>instead will slow down the impetus of progress, and in 
>conservative ways exercise their power to keep things the way they want them 
>,and not the way life and the newer generations would wish to see them.
>If you decide to act and have the courage to stand up to a  *Compusaur* of 
>immense power such as Microsoft then try to look further than the present 
>situation into the future of the Nation, and at one of its most important 
>industries , which we all know is going to change the landscape of humankind 
>. What action you take or dont take will have an effect upon the future 
>generations that are yet to come. 
>The correct decision will insure a free and bright future for those who will 
>be called Americans in the years to come. Help keep the Market , one of Free 
>Enterprize, regulated by fair and 
>just laws  that give *all *the chance to creatively add to society, Help 
>keep the playing field open to all and not just one established click of * 
>CyberDons*. Do what is right for humanity, and the principle of Justice, act 
>not from fear, or love of money, but from courage, and vision. 
>A nation's   strength and enduring virtues are not judged by power which 
>like an old man fades before those who are younger in bodily strength, but
by 
>its goodness, brought about by virtuous citizens, and Law which is fair , 
>just,  and aimed at bringing happiness to those who freely abide by the 
>rules of 
>play arrived at thru civil, common agreement.
> Monopoly is fun as a board game, and may serve a purpose of benefit for a 
>brief time but in the long run as revealed by history it is a factor which 
>does not contribute to the health of a Nation , but only to a few
individuals; 
> and if they( these individuals) after accumulating the wealth of the Nation 
> are not 
>sympathetic or in agreement with the ideals of that Nation, then that nation 
>is doomed to collapse and to suffer the fate of degeneration. There is no 
>happiness for the people of a nation if such a condition is brought about, 
>and those who have aided  by their activity, big or small, that condition of 
>disharmony, and disease  though passed away from the field of life here on 
>Earth, 
>are condemned to carry that mark upon their souls as they seek to purify 
>themselves and unify with 
>the "Father". and to enter the ultimate bliss of 'Heaven'.
>Act for the Good not the 'Special Interests'. The people should be the 
>'Special Interest' as far as govt is concerned.
>
>
>Proclus
>The true philosopher should
>pay homage to the gods of all nations, becoming "a priest of the entire
universe."
>http://www.flinet.com/~biophilos
>
>

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