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To: K. M. Strickler who wrote (17386)	2/11/1998 10:06:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

That would be guy, Ken. I confess to the crime of ridicule, it's a bad habit I picked up from reading too much Microsoft PR. I don't know everything, and I make mistakes. I've acknowledged a few of late. The topic of Microsoft stock options, and stock buybacks that aren't, is an old one. It was silly of me to bring it up, I know. If Reggie wants to explain how the $30 billion in employee options, if they actually existed, would allow employees to buy the company, he should. All I've seen is statements that he knows more about what's going on than the Times reporter, who wrote about the subject in an article complementary to Microsoft. I guess it wasn't complementary enough. I apologize for trying to add some factual references to the "debate". And, if Reggie wants to explain how the all-important proprietary lock is going to lead to cheaper PCs, he should; my impression is that competition and commodity parts had something to do with the deal. But that's just me. I don't badmouth Intel, but their reassertion of dominance in the low cost area is pretty hypothetical at this point. Cheers, Dan.