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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (15254)	12/20/1997 2:32:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Respond to of 24154

How can you read that report on the judge and come up with any other conclusion other than he is out of his depth re: computers? Or do you have ADD and can't get through the entire article? Give me a break

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (15254)	12/20/1997 2:47:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 24154

After a Few Mouse Clicks by Judge, Microsoft Has a Problem nytimes.com A brief time out from barbed exchanged with the right-thinking Mr. Dowd for another ref from the ilken hoard, press division. Now of course, I understand the meaninglessness of the Windows "install/uninstall" thing, another creative use of Microsoftese disguised as English. How could the Judge help but be confused, having but brief exposure to the Orwellian use of language Microsoft is so well known for. Unfortunately for Microsoft, others who understand the shell game a bit better have weighed in, and the bozonic laymen at the Times have noticed: Before the judge made his demonstration public, a number of technical experts had been undertaking similar experiments. On Friday, PC Week Labs, the technical review division of PC Week Magazine, reported that its technicians had been able to remove Internet Explorer 3.0 simply and without any ill effects. "Microsoft said that the removal of Internet Explorer 3.0 would render the operating system unbootable," said Michael Caton, technical director of PC Weeks Labs, which is based in Medford, Mass. "Our tests show that this is not the case." Funny, I posted that ref here too, but I guess it's hot air like all the rest, and all that counts is Bill's list of 228 files, ownership of which has been officially given to IE, even though I'd guess a lot of them can be had from numerous other sources. But who knows, I got to do those experiments. So, I'd say Microsoft has a couple things to explain. First, of course, the relatively simple matter of how when we go through the looking glass into Windows World, install/uninstall has a special meaning, as do so so many other words. I'd hope that in court they could manage that without the rude, patronizing tone ever popular here, but if they find that necessary, so be it. But secondly, they got to explain why people outside of Microsoft, who understand the game a little better than the judge does, can manage to separate what's IE and what's not, when mighty Microsoft can't. Or maybe the 'softies can just hope that the Judge and DOJ don't notice those other pesky stories. We'll see how it plays out. Cheers, Dan.