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To: Barry Grossman who wrote (91830)	11/7/1999 4:20:00 AM
From: Sonny McWilliams	Respond to of 186894

Barry. RE: Justice ought to concentrate more on corrupt GVT officials instead of... Oh. Didn't Joel Klein say that NO MAN etc. stands above the law? Where did I hear THAT phrase before and not enough people cared? It wasn't quite corrupt but still above the law IMO. But I am not a Lawyer either. Yes. I am sure it will be some time before all this is settled but then one never knows for sure. What worries me a bit is that it may affect the industry in our country. Other countries could catch up. They don't seem to mind even if it is a monopoly. Greenspan worries about the stock market now and those guys worry about big companies but nobody worries about the Big Money. Sheesh. Those antitrust laws DO need to be reformed or dropped. We are not living in the stone age anymore. Methinks there is almost too much competition now. Those competitors had no problem trying to gang up on Msft. Yes, some stuff Msft did looked iffy to me and I got worried a cpl of times when they stepped on AOL's toes <G> but name me a company that never did anything iffy. Sonny

To: Barry Grossman who wrote (91830)	11/7/1999 4:46:00 AM
From: Sonny McWilliams	Respond to of 186894

Barry. Interesting article. Once again are we the joke of the world. A little diff. version. Note the last 2 paragraphs in that article. Hm. The personal cpt is mentioned also. biz.yahoo.com Sonny

To: Barry Grossman who wrote (91830)	11/7/1999 7:10:00 AM
From: Joseph Pareti	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

>I don't think I will forget about this >when I next go to the polls. >Too bad I only get one vote. I agree with you. I got no vote as I am an alien. If I had several votes I would give one vote to the republicans for the MSFT thing, and 1 million to the democrats for the Lewinsy-Starr thing.

To: Barry Grossman who wrote (91830)	11/7/1999 2:01:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

RE:"I'm not an attorney, but a negative outcome for Microsoft on this point feels to me to be unfair and unjustified. It also appears not in the best interests of either the public or industry. Where does the US Constitution restrict the right of a company to innovate its products? Methinks we have another case of way too much government for our own good here. Justice ought to be concentrating more on corrupt government officials rather than successful business endeavors. I don't think I will forget about this when I next go to the polls. Too bad I only get one vote. Maybe someone will hear my voice though".... ------ Well said...

To: Barry Grossman who wrote (91830)	11/7/1999 4:50:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Barry, <Where does the US Constitution restrict the right of a company to innovate its products?> Not to take anything away from your comments, but I feel that "innovation" is being tossed around by Microsoft like a political buzzword. It reminds me of that other overly-used buzzword, "bipartisanship." In my humble opinion, I'm not very sure that Microsoft is very "innovative" these days. Windows 95 was their last true innovative achievement. If Microsoft truly was an avatar of innovation, I don't think public opinion would be so far sided against Microsoft. Tenchusatsu