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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (17481)	2/13/1998 9:03:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 24154

Grow Up Microsoft zdnet.com All of this adds up to success and a great future. And in Microsoft's case, like no other's, it also means increased scrutiny by the Justice Department. Why, for example, isn't the DOJ going after Intel or Cisco? Because they know how to play the game of being a big corporation. Microsoft, on the other hand, still thinks of itself as a PC company that is isolated from Washington politics and the way things are done in the world of the Fortune 500. The view from Redmond is that it won the war, so hands off. That's no different from IBM's view in 1956. But after 40 years of competing with shackles-which allowed companies like Microsoft, Intel and even EDS to get their start-IBM is singing a different tune. Microsoft still thinks and acts the way it always did. It's time for the company to learn to play the good-sport winner rather than the sore loser. It's a big company now. It can continue to grow. But it has to change that victimized attitude and realize grown-ups don't act that way. On the other hand, it can continue the various raised middle finger defense/poor aggrieved Microsofties/ Bill the naive software engineer company lines. I'd guess the most likely comment from the Microsoft types here is that this guy is just another Microsoft hater. We'll see what Bill has to say in D.C., somehow I expect more of the same but he's a smart guy, he could surprise me. Cheers, Dan.