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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (43759)	4/28/2000 11:53:00 AM
From: Harvey Allen	Respond to of 74651

Ballmer to be Microsoft's next TV pitchman by Paul Andrews Special to The Seattle Times Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer will be featured in a TV commercial to begin airing Sunday in the wake of antitrust remedies the Department of Justice is proposing today. seattletimes.com Microsoft Breakup Plan To Be Filed The proposal was to be submitted to U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson after the close of financial markets today. Jackson ruled April 3 that Microsoft repeatedly broke federal antitrust laws intended to maintain fair competition by using its monopoly power in computer operating systems to crush rivals. nytimes.com Microsoft breakup could boost valley firms ``There always comes a time when a company has to re-evaluate what it needs to keep and what it should let go,'' Enderle said. ``With the Internet changing the market dynamics so dramatically, that time could be now for Microsoft.'' sjmercury.com

To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (43759)	4/28/2000 11:59:00 AM
From: alydar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

MSFT future is in its own hands. Product revenue and the stock price will keep to go down until the company realizes that "the network is the computer" and not the PC. MSFT does not get it. They think they can rule the internet like they did the PC era. This is their primary mistake. Please refer to my previous post on this thread months ago. MSFT does not have any succesfull/profitable internet products or divisions. Please do not blame the DoJ for your pain. The blame is really should be placed on management. Do you think if they reported blowout earnings last quarter the stock would have tanked? No way. In fact, The Street would now be saying that the parts would be worth more than the whole if the company is to broken apart and you all would be very happy. I posted the day Ballmer was elevated to President that this was the beginning of the end. BG is an egomaniac and could not, would not and will not face sharholders rage for being so behind the technology curve. Ballmer is the fallguy. This company and stock is dog until if and when they can re-invent themselves to be a real player in the internet space. All, IMO.