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To: William E Hodal who wrote (6694)	5/8/1998 2:25:00 PM
From: Hal Rubel	of 74651

RE: "I swear - by my life and my love of it - that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine". J. Galt Apparent Contradiction: Why should I or anyone else live and toil for the sake of Microsoft? Comment: John Galt is an imaginary figure. ( I've read the book.) John Galt would oppose from his very core most of Bill Gates assertions of economic self primacy over others. Where does Bill Gates end and we begin? Economic social justice is about everybody having an equal start, not in rigging a fixed ending based on past efforts. John Galt would support a free market, not an avalanche of accumulated privileges (which many fear leads to a stratified class based society). I must say, John Galt would have been appalled at having to use the DOJ to achieve his ideal. Moral suasion, especially by example, would be truer to his nature. John Galt for economic power by any means? I think not. Not if "power is a weed growing in an empty mind". The money? Yes. But only to keep score of the rewards of economic virtue. John Galt would be dismayed by any score in a rigged game. John Galt was the model honest man. Honesty begins by taking an honest look at oneself and ones motives. Peace of mind follows. By any of the DOJ's assertions, Bill Gates must be a restless soul and unworthy of comparison to John Galt. HR PS: IMHO, the Microsoft situation is an economic rather than a moral situation. It's been in plain view to honest observers for quite some time. The possible solutions are just now coming into commercial focus as we sort out what facts there are. No matter what we decide as a society, the most important factor is that we even looked at it at all. Happy Investing. HR

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