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To: D.B. Cooper who wrote (2187)	6/20/2001 1:24:37 PM
From: horsegirl48	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13815

Call me crazy but Im going buy JDSU at around 7 if it gets there, and alot of other stocks too, I think we r headed for a crash and Im buying it. Some of the stocks r so cheap now, what would it hurt to buy a few hundred shares and hold them...

To: D.B. Cooper who wrote (2187)	6/20/2001 1:39:37 PM
From: D.B. Cooper	Respond to of 13815

June 20, 2001 Ballmer Meets With Cheney As Ruling on Microsoft Looms By John R. Wilke and Jim VandeHei Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON -- With an appeals-court ruling imminent in the government's antitrust case against his company, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer met privately with Vice President Dick Cheney on a broad range of issues, including education, trade and tax policy. Mr. Ballmer didn't bring up the antitrust suit, White House officials said. That case is before the U.S. Court of Appeals here, which is weighing a federal judge's finding last year that Microsoft illegally wielded its Windows monopoly to thwart competition. With a ruling so close, some federal officials thought the timing of the meeting was awkward and had advised against it, and the meeting wasn't on the vice president's public schedule or publicized by Microsoft. The issue is a sensitive one, because depending on how the court rules, it is possible that within as little as a matter of weeks Microsoft may be seeking settlement negotiations with Bush administration officials to end the case. Mr. Ballmer is expected to meet Wednesday with the new Senate leadership and with other congressional and federal officials, with whom he is expected to discuss Microsoft's support for education, the research-tax credit and online privacy policy. "We need to prepare students to enter the high-tech work force and to address the shortage of workers in our industry," a Microsoft official said. Mr. Ballmer also is scheduled to appear -- with Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and President Bush -- at an education conference Wednesday night. He is expected to showcase Microsoft's $50 million effort to aid community colleges, called "Working Connections," which provides technology and teacher training for community-college classrooms nationwide. Mary Matalin, a top adviser to Mr. Cheney, described the meeting as a "courtesy call ... a getting-to-know-you" session. A senior White House official added that the administration was sensitive to the timing, but that there was an agreement to not discuss the antitrust matter. The effort to keep the meeting private wasn't unusual, this official said, because many of Mr. Cheney's meetings with top business executives are handled in the same manner. Microsoft and Mr. Ballmer, one of the world's wealthiest men, became major contributors to the Republican Party during the government's antitrust case, which was brought under the Clinton administration three years ago. The Bush administration is expected to have a crucial role in resolving the case if Microsoft seeks to settle after the court rules. While these talks would be between the Justice Department and the company, the White House likely would sign off on any settlement because of the economic and policy implications. Mr. Ballmer declined comment as he left the White House.