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To: TimF who wrote (46188)	6/7/2000 8:34:00 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

At the news conference later, Gates continued in a similar vein, saying, ``Today's ruling really represents an unwarranted and unjustified intrusion into the software marketplace, a marketplace that has been an engine of economic growth.'' siliconinvestor.com My guess is that if Bill Gates gets pulled over for a traffic ticket, the first thing he does is to pee on the cop's shoe. Certainly, "that'll show HIM", but it's not the best way to get out of the ticket. Microsoft also said it would seek to stay Jackson's ruling, which also ordered the Redmond, Wash.-based company to provide greater access to the source code of its Windows operating system and laid out a set of restrictions on Microsoft's businesses practices that would start in 90 days. Depending on whether or not these are implemented, and to what degree they are enforced, this could be bad news for Microsoft. Being split into two parts wouldn't hurt profitability one bit. Restrictions on business practices and release of source code could really mess things up. Check out winehq.com These guys have done a mediocre job of implementing the windows API so far - it's really impossible without access to the source - but considering what they've done so far, source access might result in very fast progress. If windows applications can be run without windows, and Microsoft is barred from any per CPU contracts with OEMS, it's a problem. Dan

To: TimF who wrote (46188)	6/7/2000 8:58:00 PM
From: ProDeath	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Had Microsoft only made an effort to make their Windows products as reliable as their DOS predecessors the quality picture would be far different. Instead, MS endeavored to sell flash, trash, and the promise of ease of use to the rubes. This resulted in products from the school of boom-box ( a reference to those large and often cheap portable audio systems ) engineering: fifty knobs, fifty lights, fifty cents. Utter crap that wastes time and money every day of the working week.