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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (18002)	3/12/1998 3:17:00 PM
From: J. P.	Respond to of 24154

I haven't yet replied yourself and others about your responses re: Sun Microsystems, and re: the article I posted about Bill Gates and the Irish Potato famine. I'm amazed at the intelligence of the responses, this is by far the most literate thread I've encountered on SI. I'm not worthy. That being said: Which version of Windows 98 will you buy, the one with MS Explorer, or the one without MS Explorer? Are you accumulating Netscape stock at this time?

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (18002)	3/13/1998 10:02:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Aiming for Business Readers This Time, Gates Plans 2d Book nytimes.com Apparently the Slate diary was such a success, we're going to be treated to a book length version. I'm sure we'll be treated to extensive elaboration of the Chrysler car radio defense and the true meaning of "innovation". This being the Times, I will forgo further sardonic commentary and leave you with a bit of their usual ironic reporting instead. "The Road Ahead," however, played to disappointing reviews from critics who challenged Gates' vision as being largely a rehash of ideas that had already been widely articulated by others within the computer industry. To add insult to injury, some reviewers also complained about the CD-ROM included with the $29.95 book. The disk failed to install correctly on many computers running the Windows 95 operating system, confusing computer users with cryptic error messages. But Microsoft has a longstanding reputation within the computer industry of initially bringing out unimpressive versions of new software products and then relentlessly improving them over time. Gates himself has acknowledged that the first easily usable version of his Windows operating system was Windows 3.1, which appeared years after the first version of the program. "I guess this means we're going to have to wait for his third book," Saffo said. Cheers, Dan.