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To: cheryl williamson who wrote (16771)	1/26/1998 9:11:00 PM
From: drmorgan	Respond to of 24154

cheryl, here you go. I live in Utah so if you need an address to reach his local office here just email me. senate.gov

To: cheryl williamson who wrote (16771)	1/27/1998 4:38:00 PM
From: Charles Hughes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

>> 4. MSFT will prove a point: the gov't shouldn't get in the middle of the software business, a business they don't understand. They will claim that the gov't just doesn't know what they want & needs to keep their hands off in the future. << I wonder if this is the test we should apply to all businesses the government might want to meddle with. For instance, just how good is the understanding in government of the details of the genetic engineering business. And if Amgen wanted to make us some really new critters, say on a rooftop in Emeryville where they have a nice view, and sell them at Costco shouldn't the government and it's lawyers confine themselves to their area of expertise? All those sterile environments and what not the gov forced on these companies way back are such a pain, and expensive too. It's getting so you can't flush a toilet in that business without some wiseass asking what was in those tubes you were cleaning out. Of course I know understanding Windows is probably harder than genetic engineering, but it does beg the question, doesn't it? And how about them pesky folks in government regulating them nuclear engineers? Now I know the mysteries of physics are nothing compared to Microsoft Word, but all the same, shouldn't the government keep it's nose out of that. If you have a little radium contamination in the water supply, won't it take years before anything really bad happens? Shouldn't business be able to take a few risks? Restraining the making of profit in any way is bad, as we all know. And how about that air travel business? How many of those FAA lawyers could fly a 747, huh? Just tell 'em to shut up. Could it be that the less crucial and less complicated a business is the better a case you can make for regulation? No wait, that didn't sound right... Chaz