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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (16861)	1/29/1998 6:56:00 PM
From: Harry Sharp	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 24154

You know Dan, I've read your rants against Microsoft here for a long time. I've had Microsoft stock since 1990 and have made a lot of money on it. However, after just concluding a bout with Microsoft Investor support I have to say that I have never encountered more arrogance from support people that are supposed to be there to help. They wound up canceling my free six month subscription to MSN Investor that I earned through buying Money98 Financial Suite. The person that canceled my account (initials JV) would not give me the name of his supervisor. Another support person I talked to said I now have to write a complaint (and apparently beg) before I can be reinstated. I can very easily see now why Microsoft is so hated. I hate them myself and I'm still long the stock. Anyway my apologies for all the bad things I thought about the "ilk". When Microsoft gets "busted" I'll never be able to say they didn't earn it.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (16861)	1/29/1998 8:11:00 PM
From: XiaoYao	Respond to of 24154

Dan, I understand that there is a big problem regarding intellectual property rights in China. The main problem is not the laws not set, but the mind of general people. In China, people are not used to this intellectual property rights, long Chinese history producted thousands if not millions great novels, poems, books and so on. The authors never had the idea to collect money by writing those. They wrote those either by passions, desire or orders. They were very pleased if anyone want to publish or spread these ideas, books or articles. Many publisher reprinted a lot of great books, poems written several hundreds or even thousands yeas ago. Who will collect those money? It is until very recently people start to realize the intellectual properties. Even my generation is not familiar with this until recent years. So even Chinese govrnment have many laws on this issue, people just don't care that much, also they don't want to spend their whole month wage on software, it is even easier to copy than a book. :-) I think it is getting better now, but to change people's mind is a very long and difficult process. Hope this can let you understand more the situation in China. YuanQing,