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To: David M Gambs who wrote (47405)	2/7/1998 8:47:00 PM
From: Barry Grossman	Read Replies (2) of 186894

David, << MSFT appears to want to control everything software>> I believe that what they say they want to do is bring increased value to the vested interests that are important to them - that is the huge number of present and future Windows users. Charlie Rose interviewed Nathan Mhyrvold last night on his PBS late night show and this is as close a paraphrase of Mhyrvold's reply to Rose's inflammatory characterization by Rose as I can remember today. It's quite close. "Appearing to want to control everything" is your perception - not mine. I'm all in favor of their making their software ever more useful. I don't consider this "controling everything." Mhyrvold was asked by Rose if he thought that the DOJ would allow them to add voice recognition capability to their operating system when it was "ready". Mhyrvold said that considering that there are now several companies out there offering such independent programs and considering the DOJ's present tack, he wasn't sure that they would be able to do this even though the utility of doing so would be huge for the great number of Windows users. He admitted that it might not be a good thing for the other companies selling these products today. As I said before, the issue of whether Microsoft will be allowed to continue to innovate it's products is absolutely crucial to the future of the software and computer industry. Barry

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