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To: trouthead who wrote (21793)	10/26/1999 7:31:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Respond to of 64865

You misunderstand and twist my words to suit your own meaning. Huh? I haven't even replied yet! I didn't mean to twist or imply anything previously. I was merely giving you an honest emotion. You imply that I advocate breaking the law as a valid means of doing business. If you genuinely read and thought about what I said you would not make that assumption. "Indictment" has multiple meanings and uses. The English language has many such words. Context is very important. In the sentence where I used the word Indictment it was not being used in a legal context. Here is what Miriam Webster has to say about the word. 1 a : the action or the legal process of indicting b : the state of being indicted 2 : a formal written statement framed by a prosecuting authority and found by a jury (as a grandjury) charging a person with an offense 3 : an expression of strong disapproval <an indictment of contemporary morality> I was using meaning number three. I was not implying that a company should use illegal actions. Well, now that you give the 100% Pure Meriam Webster(tm) definition(s), I'd say that I'd have to agree that all of those things apply to the 'black entrepreneur' in Prison and Bill Gates equally, particularly* the 'contemporary morality' part. It's equally obscene in different ways, ya know? You also misunderstand my position on MSFT and SUNW. I am not of an either or mind set. I have stock in both. I think they will both do very well. I fully understand this. I've been reading you for sometime here. I don't consider you here on a field trip from some other competing equity or agenda. I meant my response to you in a very friendly and openly conversational way. I wasn't trying to bend or spin anything. Really. Each will adapt to the changing landscape of the market. Linux or some other OS will come about, but not without a fight. If Linux really starts to take hold. MSFT will adapt. If some OS or hardware standard begins to threaten SUNW, they will adapt. Okay but what we were discussing was real specific to 'selling commodity electrons at monopoly prices'. There is a very solid reason why NT5 doesn't exist and will never exist in any incarnation that will have anything to do with the telephone company, and that's kinda significant in the context of 'now'. Me? I like T (AT&T) as an alternative investment to MSFT. I think it's a great trade taking MSFT 1:2 for T. I hope you do well. I hope I do better. :) -JCJ