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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (14074)	11/12/1997 7:24:00 PM
From: Nils Mork-Ulnes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Here's my two cents as an impartial (I have to be) observer. Looks to me that the tide might have turned on MS. Can't help but feel that MS's PR efforts are backfiring, given how press and analyst coverage has changed to become fairly negative (e.g., column in most recent InfoWorld, that ABC article posted here earlier, etc.). MS usually has a real firm grip on public opinion (FUD and all that) but it looks like they could be misjudging the outside world this time. Still, they have turned negative tides before (e.g., the big realization that the Internet was the future after all.) Just interesting to see how quickly a tide can turn.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (14074)	11/12/1997 8:05:00 PM
From: damniseedemons	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Well here you have it, straight from the horse's mouth: "Microsoft is not a monopoly," Sun Chief Executive Officer Scott McNealy told a gathering of press and analysts at Sun's campus in Menlo Park, Calif. "You do have a choice. There is an alternative. Microsoft is an alternative to us. . . . I'd like you to talk about the Sun monopoly. We all know that a rational consumer in the face of a monopoly will chose the monopoly. So we admit it, we're a monopoly. Microsoft is an alternative; they are a challenger, and they may someday knock us off our pedestal." Look for the DOJ to discard their investigation of Microsoft, to turn their attention to Sun :) zdnet.com

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (14074)	11/12/1997 8:10:00 PM
From: damniseedemons	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Why it's easy to hate Microsoft: zdnet.com Not sure if this guy really answers the title question, just talks. But might as well read it.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (14074)	11/12/1997 8:27:00 PM
From: damniseedemons	Respond to of 24154

A day before a national meeting convenes to discuss Microsoft's (MSFT) business practices, a consumer rights group has released a scathing report that accuses the software giant of spending at least $4 billion in an attempt to dominate the Internet. Gosh, it took a whole "study" to come to that grand conclusion? Wow, if someone will commission me, I'll do an incisive research study of my own; for the right price, of course. news.com