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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (17589)	2/21/1998 7:51:00 PM
From: Bearded One	Respond to of 24154

The MS-DOJ chess match Good analogy, except we should point out that while Microsoft may have more pieces on the board, it's the DOJ who gets to set the rules of the game.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (17589)	2/22/1998 1:17:00 AM
From: XiaoYao	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

>Sen. Orrin Hatch criticized an agreement in which Microsoft agreed to promote EarthLink in a section of Windows 95 in exchange for EarthLink promoting Internet Explorer to its subscribers. Here is the other side story. microsoft.com "Myth #8: Senator Hatch accused Microsoft of requiring exclusivity with Internet service providers (ISPs), and preventing ISPs from telling customers about browser choices. these claims based on misinterpretation of a cross-promotional agreement between Microsoft and Earthlink Networks, an ISP based in California. The Facts: This allegation is completely false. Senator Hatch made Leland Thoburn, EarthLink's director of business development has been quoted in press reports saying, "Nothing in EarthLink's agreements with Microsoft prevents us from making other browsers available to our customers, if that is what the customer wants." In fact, Earthlink's website specifically states that customers have the option to use either Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Earthlink is one of the Internet Service Providers highlighted on Netscape's sign-up page. It's unfortunate that Senator Hatch made these claims based on a misunderstanding or our cross-promotion agreement. The agreement basically says that for customers that Microsoft directs to Earthlink (and certain other customers), Earthlink will promote Microsoft's browsing technology. These kinds of mutual promotion agreements are commonplace in the software industry and other industries, and they benefit both sides of the agreement. In addition, these kinds of cross-promotional agreements are completely voluntary. " YuanQing,

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (17589)	2/22/1998 9:22:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Popular culture joins Microsoft bashing sjmercury.com First Doonesbury, now the Simpsons. Who next, Seinfeld? MICROSOFT'S slash-and-burn dominance of the software industry long ago made attacking the company a sport in many high-tech circles. But last week, Microsoft-bashing seeped into mainstream popular culture as never before, reaching millions of homes through Fox's animated hit TV series ''The Simpsons'' and the satire of the Doonesbury comic strip. Entertainment aside, could that growing exposure now start to cost Microsoft? Microsoft has already taken a beating in the business press, and the company didn't do much for its own image when it appeared to be treating government investigators with disdain. But when a caricature of Bill Gates appears on prime-time television, portraying Gates as a bully who gets his henchmen to bust up Homer Simpson's Internet start-up, do viewers blithely laugh at the joke about Gates' bad haircut? Or does their perception of the Redmond, Wash., software giant begin to change when they watch his assistants trash Homer's home office -- Gates' interpretation of a ''buyout''? ''What the hell are you doing?'' Homer wails as the bullies break his pencils. ''I didn't get rich writing a lot of checks,'' the cartoon version of Gates says, laughing nefariously. Rest assured, the article in general doesn't see this as a problem. One ironic note: ''Bill recognizes he is fair game, although the characterization of Microsoft and of Bill is not accurate,'' said Marianne Allison, a vice president at Waggener Edstrom, Microsoft's public relations firm, based in Portland. ''It's pretty much looked at as part of the cost of doing business, the cost of being successful, and for Bill, the cost of being well known.'' Fair game must have another one of those Microsoftese definitions. Compare and contrast: Bill Is Such a Bully abcnews.com Of course, the Doonesbury and Simpson guys can afford lawyers and going after them would make news. Bill's lawyers prefer to pick on little guys. Cheers, Dan.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (17589)	2/23/1998 2:56:00 PM
From: freeus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Personally I wish the gov would keep out of not just Gates face but all business' face. Anti trust regulations are as wrong as the price supports given to certain industries. It limits success and the rewards of success. What a pity the the U.S., the bastion of a free society and capitalism that gives all people a chance to become wealthy if they have great ideas and work hard, now penalizes those who actually do so. Nice price movement today: people waiting to get into the stock love splits! Freeus