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To: Paul Engel who wrote (54968)	5/2/1998 3:22:00 PM
From: Gary G. Withrow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, I prefer Netscape too. That's why I really don't understand all this DOJ nonsense about MS Explorer. I have Windows 95 on my PII at work and it came with Explorer, but of course I immediately downloaded Netscape. I had both on my Mac (yuk!) but only used Netscape as I do at home. BTW speaking of wider roads, I just switched my ISP from Netcom to IBM and it's like going from a country road back to the freeway. I had pretty much kissed off SI because it seemed so slow lately. Now I am able to read your pearls of wisdom again! It's not connection speed either 'cause my 56K at work still only gets connected at 28.8. Regards Gary

To: Paul Engel who wrote (54968)	6/3/1998 3:28:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Is that thread a battleground of "religious warfare"? Sorry for the intrusion here, I stumbled on this message while checking on traffic from my old buddy Cory Gault, whose contribution on that particular warfront seemed to be mostly personal attacks on me. Very informative and par for the course from friends of Bill. I've long expressed the religious view taught in high school civics, that the correct way to get laws repealed is through the legislative process. The investment community knows better, of course. For the local readers, though, I've often noted the difference in approach between Intel and Microsoft. A recent article that goes into detail on this is news.com . More concisely, we have the opinion expressed in Bill Gates' one-time favorite magazine, The Economist The thing that strikes anybody who has followed the fortunes of this extraordinary company and which puzzles both friend and foe is the absolute refusal of Bill Gates to accept the responsibilities that go with monopoly-or even that he has a monopoly. Intel's Andy Grove, though not averse to the occasional act of brutality, realised more than 12 years ago that his company was heading for dominance and would consequently need to watch its act. Everyone at Intel who has dealings with other companies is schooled in antitrust law. Intel insiders regard the macho memos circulating in Redmond, and which the Department of Justice has netted in such numbers, as, at best, examples of near-suicidal indiscipline. Intel has its own problems with regulators-it is once again under investigation by the FTC -but seems confident that at least it hasn't created a veritable arsenal of smoking guns. (from Play nicely, or not at all , The Economist, 23-May-98 ) Perhaps Paul would prefer that Intel adopt Microsoft's approach. Personally, I think Intel's approach makes more sense, but the religious warfare crowd is divided on that. I also often express the opinion similar to that found in the news.com article, Intel has good engineering, while in software engineering terms the less said about Windows, the better. Cheers, Dan.