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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (14166)	11/17/1997 2:01:00 AM
From: Columbo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

(Sorry, this may be a little slip on my pledge. I did a little rationalization in posting this, as it refers to pre-pledge material. I'll be an absolutist from here on out) Are you saying Reg should be a Definition? techstocks.com Let's give Reg a big round of applause. Clap, clap, clap MH #0

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (14166)	11/17/1997 4:28:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

WebTV Now a Microsoft Linchpin nytimes.com This very interesting. Personally, I never said that the WebTV acquistion didn't make sense, only that I didn't understand what Microsoft was buying, when it seemed they were going to be throwing everything away to go forward with their own stuff. Looks like there was pretty good stuff in development. Though WebTV Plus Receiver's significance was largely overlooked when it was announced in September, the product has redefined the genre it created. Unlike the original Internet Terminal (which the company now refers to with a twinkle in its eye as "the Classic" and sells, with rebate, for $99), the Plus identifies itself as much with television as it does with the Internet. WebTV makes perfect sense as a fancy TV guide. I still can't see cruising the internet at 12 lines of text/screen, though, no matter how good the reformatting is. Plus, seems like if more than one person is watching, everyone but the guy with the control will go nuts. Still, I'll have to check it out at the store sometime. What is worrisome for many in this fledgling industry is that WebTV's adoptive parent, Microsoft, has the largest wingspan and sharpest claws in the ecosystem. Earlier this year, as part of its quest to combine television and Internet access, Microsoft invested $1 billion in the cable company Comcast; it is said to be in talks with other cable leaders. If WebTV truly catches on, Microsoft would be well poised to extend its dominance over the PC to the most-watched screen in the world: the television. No comment on that. Cheers, Dan.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (14166)	11/17/1997 7:48:00 AM
From: Reginald Middleton	Respond to of 24154

Okay Dan, lets settle this. There is no reason why we can't have this discussion as long as you don't go off ranting vulgarities and threateming my well being. Company A performs action One. The justice department investigates Company A's actions and does not find them to be in violation of any "major" anti-trust law. Is this true thus far? Well if it is then any company that performs the actions of "One" under the same auspices, environment, and circumstances as Company A should be able to get away with it, since the government has already investigated such actions and have not found them to be in any major violation of anti-trust. Hence I have have stated, and you quote: "Their decision apparently states that MSFT is currently, and has not historically been in no major violation of anti-trust policies as currently interpreted by our nations honorable adjudication system (sans the decree issued, of course). If I am wrong or inaccurate, simply show me the way.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (14166)	11/17/1997 9:57:00 AM
From: Harvey Allen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

NADER RESPONDS TO MICROSOFT LETTER For Immediate Release November 13, 1997 For more information, contact: Ralph Nader or Robert Weissman, 202-387-8034 or at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Nov. 13 and 14 Ralph Nader today issued the following statement in response to a November 13 letter from Microsoft Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Robert Herbold: Microsoft doth protest too much, and too late. Microsoft CEO Bill Gates was invited to this conference months ago, and we have repeatedly urged Microsoft to participate in the conference. We have offered Mr. Gates or other top company representatives the opportunity to participate in panels, or to address the conference solo. Despite our best efforts, Mr. Gates and Microsoft declined the repeated invitations. It is unfortunate that Microsoft did decline the invitations, because the conference would have been enriched by Microsoft's participation. The issues raised at this conference - how our economy should be structured, how information should be controlled and disseminated - are vital to the health of our democracy. They invite serious discussion. Microsoft has unfortunately turned down the opportunity to engage in any meaningful dialogue at the "Appraising Microsoft" conference - even though Bill Gates made a major point in his book The Road Ahead about the need for a national dialogue about the Information Highway. Instead, the corporation has, mistakenly, determined that its narrow mercantile interests are best served by denigrating, and inaccurately at that, a genuine effort to facilitate a debate over some of the central issues of our time. In his letter, Mr. Herbold has urged us "to learn about the industry." We are of course doing more of that today and tomorrow at the conference. Mr. Herbold can rest assured that we do indeed view the "Appraising Microsoft" conference as a first step into a deeper and sustained inquiry into how competitive and innovative and useful are the information technologies. Responding to this letter: microsoft.com