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To: Shane Stump who wrote (7304)	5/16/1998 8:47:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (2) of 74651

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said he was ''very disappointed'' by the breakdown in the talks. biz.yahoo.com "He said the company had ''worked hard for 10 days'' to make the negotiations succeed because he felt it was likely a compromise could be reached. ''But the government made some non-negotiable demands that were very surpising to us,'' Gates said in a viedeotaped response distributed by Microsoft. ''The government is going to file a lawsuit. Microsoft is innocent of any of these charges and we're certainly going to defend ourselves vigorously,'' he added. Gates said the company would go ahead with its planned June 25 public release of the updated version of the enormously popular Windows 98 software ''now that the government has decided to sue.'' Shipments will begin Monday." ----------- Shane - I've thought whimsically about what you say. But Bill Gates is a true techno-geek, and he enjoys what his company has produced. He's also very competitive - it would be no fun for Bill to simply take his marbles and go home. Plus, he wouldn't be able to get a very good price for his shares - the collapse in MSFT stock price would be very very huge - it would be simply unthinkable to even try it.

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