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To: batskinner who wrote (5760)	4/13/1998 11:09:00 AM
From: Tom Kearney	Read Replies (2) of 74651

I do beleive MSFT needs to tone down some business practices, but.... Since fear and greed are are always well respresented in the investment community, I'm more concerned that people overlook MSFT's positives. It is not BillyGs fault that Ashton-Tate, WordPerfect, Lotus, and many others failed. MSFT 'gets the business'. MSFT's huge investment in R&D suggests to me that they are anything but reactionary. The recent PR flap shows that - yes, they can screw up big. But, NetScape, a fraction of MSFT's size, has one of the top 5 lobbying budgets of High Tech companies. Is government involvement more likely to kill the high tech golden goose (everybody incl MSFT) or help it grow? Look at their success in the war on poverty, if you want a track record. Regards, TK

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