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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (70153)	11/6/1999 12:11:00 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Considering how many states piled on to this lawsuit, this smells of the new Clinton-era tax strategy. The only reason they haven't gone after liquor yet is that many states are liquor retailers. They'll require them to separate their browser from the OS, change their contracts with OEMs, and impose a tax, er penalty, to be collected by the Feds and the states.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (70153)	11/6/1999 9:53:00 AM
From: TRINDY	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Michael, Maybe the house will not drop on MS, but the outhouse might. How about separation of the operating systems and applications divisions? How about, in addition, go and sin no more and, by the way, we will be watching closely? Interpretations of the findings seem to be entirely in the government's favor. Great uncertainty will arise in consequence, wondering what this judge will do next. Already there has been much more boldness on the part of competitors. So, I think that things will be different. I thought you were saying the other day that this decision could be a real turning point in that the market needed at least one leader to keep this ruse going. Are you not seeing that now? Thanks, as always, for your sane and insightful comments.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (70153)	11/6/1999 5:52:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

To All, A great Breeders' Cup today. My net outcome at the window was slightly positive, but not a big winner. However, the races themselves were extremely exciting. 1. I caught the first exacta, with Beautiful Pleasure and Silverbulletday over those two plus Banshee Breeze. The $23 payoff paid for that ticket and the trifecta and gave me $3 for a brew. 2. My exacta and trifecta did diddly on this race, but I had a $2 win ticket on Cash Run that was my best payoff of the day. My figuring was that Lukas said he was going to use him as a rabbit, but you don't put Jerry Bailey on a rabbit. At 30-1 and a track that favors early speed, I figured he was good for the $2 spec. He was the rabbit and he kept on hopping all the way to the finish line. <g> 3. Got squashed in the Mile, making nary a cent. 4. I lost again in the Sprint and my visions of my genius were starting to fade. <g> 5. I had Soaring Softly as my winner, but it was a "kiss your sister" payoff. And I couldn't buy the Exacta. Didn't play the tri. 6. The handicapper in The Houston Chronicle picked Aness in the Juvenile. I had a good laugh when I read it. I had a good cry after the race. 7. I bet on Yagli and he was still a dud. 8. In the Classic, my Tris and Exactas were flushed down the toilet, but I bet across the board on Cat Thief as a spec and it helped me pay the toll on the way home. The Trifecta was $36,000, and, though I had the longshot winner, there was no way in the world I would have picked the place and show three-legged wonders. Lots of fun.