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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (23460)	11/5/1999 8:25:00 PM
From: Harvey Allen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

A stunning damnation of Microsoft's action. I can't find one item that could make a sound bite for Microsoft's press conference. Harvey nytimes.com P.S. AOL's purchase of Netscape looks pretty good. Jackson's direction looks to reintroduce competition in the Browser marker.

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (23460)	11/5/1999 8:51:00 PM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

William, re: "Yes!!!" Yes what? MSFT has created an environment for growth so overwhelmingly positive that even Alan Greenspan has had to go back to his "drawing board" to deal with its effects on our economy. You can be jealous of Mr. Bill or angry that MSFT stiffels competition but what it has done so very well is to create a standard that we all can profit from. All it takes is a willingness to participate and some creativity (traits that some people apparently lack). Despite my initial objections to MSFT in the 80's, I eventually came around to the idea that "proprietary" was a bad idea. No room here for all the reasons but suffice to say that 20 years of being beaten up by the hardware boys will make you think again before approving anything that hurts MSFT. Fact is, there's only one reasonable resolution to the MSFT/Justice situation and it reads (per the news): "Forcing Microsoft to sell Windows for the same price to all the "nation's computer makers, to prevent the company from rewarding its allies and punishing its enemies with lucrative discounts." I can't cotton to any system that allows someone to do "good 'ol boy" favors to some and not others. Prices should be fixed and published. Beyond that, anything goes (some call it "Capitalism"). In business, a "benificent dictator" is always better than any other form of government. The downside is that when he dies, you may get stuck with a plain old dictator (which sucks). So take out a life insurance policy on Bill Gates' life and send letters to Washington telling them to wait until there's a REAL problem. 1,000 judges can rule whatever they will during the next decade but not a word of their proclamations will matter one iota. This puppy will eventually be aired in the Supreme Court and -- only then -- will the judge's decision count. One man's opinion. From a guy who once hated MSFT. Who, as CEO of a software company, has suffered at Bill's hands. And who has come to learn that standards are better than the alternatives ... regardless of the short-term cost. Did I forget to mention that I own shares in MSFT and have done very, very well once I wised up and shrugged off my irrational fears? Craig