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To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (17980)	3/8/1998 9:19:00 PM
From: damniseedemons	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 24154

Jerry, I didn't hear Alsop say anything about Microsoft putting Windows source code into the public domain. The only thing he said (that I heard) was that he'd love to see one other company be able to do a Windows-like OS as well. Then Microsoft will have OS competition and he'll "get a better OS for [himself], personally." This was said near the very end, where he said that he thought that the pace of OS innovation had slowed--also at this time, he said that he'd "criticized" Microsoft in the past for being slow to integrate new features into their OS (back when they were competing with Apple), and that he was glad that they were doing things on that front. I do agree with you that Alsop did a great job making his points. He and McNealy, actually, with Bill coming in 3rd place. Burgum (great plains software co.) did ok--especially at the end--also. Barksdale wasn't bad, but I thought he's been more impressive other times I've seen him. And dead last (not even close), came Mike Dell. Anyway, Alsop was supposed to be a somewhat against Microsoft, but in the hearing, I think he did a lot to further their cause. So I'm sure Bill ended up being glad he was there.