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To: Dermot Burke who wrote (15910)	1/8/1998 3:54:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 24154

MS apologizes, promises respect news.com Yeah, this one isn't as good as old Steverino that Dermot beat me to, just more of the same. Aretha Franklin's suddenly the artist of the moment up in Redmond. A top Microsoft (MSFT) executive said today that the company, facing a contempt hearing next week in federal court, is "sorry" for any statements indicating disrespect for the Justice Department or the judge. "One thing we have to do is first of all respect the Department of Justice and respect the judge, and we're sorry if we have made any statements that would suggest we do anything but respect them," the company's chief operating officer, Robert Herbold, said in an interview, four days before the software giant appears before U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson. "We're so sorry, Uncle Albert..." It's not exactly suprising that Microsoft is attacking this whole thing as a big PR problem. He who lives by the sword... But the executive made it clear that although Microsoft's rhetoric would change, its position would not. "In regard to a decision that we don't agree with on a factual basis or an interpretation basis, we owe it to our employees, our users, and our shareholders" to pursue legal appeals, Herbold said. Right. The Judge, the DOJ, and the techies in the peanut gallery are all still idiots. Kinder, gentler idiots, though, worthy of respect and benevolent tutoring. Microsoft of course should present its case as best it can. Personally, I'd advise them to try to actually explain which of those 228 files that come with IE are updates to standard Windows dll's, which generate html, which display it, stuff the idiots like me might make some sense out of. Brings to mind another '60's thing- The whole world's watching! (well, the nerd/geek world anyway). Cheers, Dan.