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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (16161)	1/16/1998 12:41:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 24154

Oh dear. Bill's best friend here goes for the naive civics lecture mode. Somehow, I got a feeling that there's a certain lack of sincerity here, and "all those words" could just as well be reduced to the essential 2, "Microsoft Rules". As for your quaint little dictionary exercise, who's zooming who here? You say "Lessig was busted for conspiring to sue Microsoft", or words to that effect. Any normal person would read that to mean he's in some kind of legal trouble. Here, of course, it just means the Microphile in chief has been reading Bill's court briefs again, and asserts as usual that those briefs embody the truth. Maybe it's Reggie's personal extension to the Microsoftese. I will state again my view, if you want to talk about unfair laws and government persecution, read up on the war on (some) drugs sometimes. A lot more people get hurt a lot worse there. The principled stance in defense of Bill's raised middle finger to the judicial branch? Right. Tell it to the judge, all the way to the Supreme Court if you want. Maybe they'll declare Sherman unconstitutional sometime, who knows. That'd no doubt be easier than getting repeal or statutory immunity through Congress, no doubt. Until then, Microsoft will have to deal with it, in the current matter and other matters to come. Cheers, Dan.