MAYBE MICROSOFT SHOULDN'T DRIVE THE I-HIGHWAY Regarding ''Nailing Microsoft means proving harm was done,'' (News: Analysis & Commentary, Nov. 16): There is no doubt Microsoft Corp. has monopoly control of software operating systems through which computer users must pass to enter the Information Superhighway. Compare this to a private firm controlling access, for an excessive fee, to our interstate highway system. We wouldn't tolerate it. The question for the Justice Dept. and the court: Inasmuch as the Information Highway has the status of a national utility, is profit stemming from monopoly control consistent with the consumer-protection intent of the Sherman, Clayton, and Robinson-Patman Acts? Gus R. Stelzer Mill Creek, Wash.

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