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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (16734)	1/26/1998 4:41:00 PM
From: John Donahoe	Respond to of 24154

"The message it seemed to be delivering to them was that if Redmond can stare down the DOJ, which wields unsurpassed power, then what chance do mere business competitors have?" Me thinks this guy didn't learn his "lesson". Bill gives him a F grade. Don't forget the media said MSFT "capitulated" and the DOJ won a "victory". And Klein himself said "this was a victory for consumers". The lesson learned is that Gates is smarter than the DOJ and his competitors. If I was a company going head to head with Gates I wouldn't bet the house on Reno and Company. These guys at DOJ remind me of the "Three Stooges". JD

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (16734)	1/26/1998 4:57:00 PM
From: John Donahoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

"...But instead it decided to put on a show of defiance, petulance, and arrogance,..." Another one of those "raised middle finger" unseemly grunts that so endear me to the "Order of the Ilk". JD

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (16734)	1/26/1998 5:20:00 PM
From: Alan Buckley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

From an investment perspective your excerpt stops just as it gets interesting. It continues... " Most OEMs will likely continue to sell PCs with a version of Windows 95 that includes IE. (What happens to Netscape is another matter.) Microsoft executives said after the settlement announcement that they don't know of any OEM which has asked for Windows 95 without IE. Two market leaders, Compaq and Dell, told NEWS.COM that they have no plans at all to alter their browser arrangements, which feature IE right on the desktop. We know what our customers want, and what they want is IE," said Angela Goodwin, a spokeswoman for Compaq. When asked how Compaq came to this conclusion, Goodwin replied, "I can't tell you the exact method we used to determine that...Compaq has a choice of what to do, and we chose to go with IE." Hmmm. She didn't have to say "Compaq has a choice" even if MSFT was holding a gun to their head as you suggest. I don't see that MSFT has given up anything significant yet DOJ's Klein has claimed victory. As an MSFT shareholder I read this as good news.