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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (18868)	5/2/1998 4:35:00 PM
From: Eugene Goodman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Please, Shirley, take a breath. The survival of western civilization does not depend on the extinction of Microsoft. I believe that sometimes you go beyond bemusement. I can't believe that you take this stuff seriously. How about an alternative to the present negotiating position of the DOJ. I have it on good authority that Bill Gates will offer Ballmer for crucifiction by all who feel offended by MSFT business practices. This is to be in Seattle Stadium, MSFT will sell the tickets, nails, hammer, stuff, get the concessions- beer,hot dogs, suchi, queche, etc. MSFT will auction single wacks with a hammer. No discount for multiples. Nails in parts of the anatomy other than the hands and feet are acceptable in principle but will be the subject of a special auction. Fallback # 1: how about Myhrvold instead of Ballmer? Fallback # 2: How about both? Gene

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (18868)	5/2/1998 11:23:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Republican senators cross swords on Microsoft mercurycenter.com As one might guess, those would be probationary ilkist Orrin Hatch and Mr. Salvage Rider himself, Slade Gorton. Despite Mr. Goodman, I can't help but be amused. Hatch, his spokeswoman said, found it ''troubling that the target of an investigation might be using its relationship (with computer makers and others) to encourage (witnesses) to participate in a public relations campaign seemingly designed to frustrate legitimate efforts to enforce the laws.'' Gorton responded to his fellow Republican with unusual fury. He said through a spokesman he was ''completely outraged that the chairman of the Judiciary Committee would suggest that 26 high-tech CEOs should not be able to exercise their First Amendment rights rights and defend themselves against unwarranted intervention.'' Bwaaahahahahahaha. Who is it they're defending against "unwarranted intervention"? All those 26 CEO's find their companies under antitrust scrutiny at the moment? I heard something about Intel and the FTC. . . And he said that for Hatch to ''presume that he knows more about the high-tech industry and what they need than the 26 CEOS ... is nonsensical.'' And it's purely coincidental that that letter happened to be phrased like those Microsoft ads. Great minds all think alike. The executives wrote that their companies spent unspecified millions to develop and promote products that depend on Windows 98's launch, and warned: ''Government intervention into the launch of Windows 98 would endanger what we have all worked for -- and harm consumers and the economy too.'' That language echoed the text of newspaper ads Microsoft began running on April 22 that warned that government restrictions ''will not only affect the thousands of companies that make this industry so successful, but it will also affect millions of consumers and, eventually, the economy in general.'' (from nytimes.com Nothing random in that little act, as Bill would say. Cheers, Dan.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (18868)	5/5/1998 8:22:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 24154

Stage Your Own Microsoft Rally www5.zdnet.com Is that a new video game? Nah, just Jesse Berst weighing in on today's "We love you, Bill" event in NY. This is another one from the strictly entertainment file. Jesse leads off with a blast: Whenever there is an impending execution, protesters gather outside the prison. They picket. They weep. They passionately beg clemency for the doomed. And it never makes a bit of difference. Take that, you liberal pinko commie socialist ad hominem artists. But that's not all. Sorry, but I can't muster much sympathy for Microsoft. The company has known for a year the government might force a Windows 98 delay. It has had a year to come up with a fallback plan. It had a year to help its partner firms find safe ways to cope with the possibility. Instead the company encouraged its partners to invest heavily in Windows 98, binding their financial futures to the new OS. And now it is using them to try to save its own pathetic backside. Me, I'd never call Microsoft pathetic. Transparent, condescending, arrogant, sure. What does Microsoft really need to do to get back on top again? Oh, let's brainstorm. Here is my starter kit of ideas: Launch a campaign to kick Utah out of the union. And with it, Microsoft-hater Orrin Hatch and competitor Novell. Merge with cigarette maker Philip Morris and put its powerful, well-connected, and soon-to-be unemployed tobacco industry lobbyists to work in the software biz. Hire those cigarette researchers to produce some more "independent" studies -- this time declaring Microsoft healthy for America. Oh dear. Someone else has been reduced to broad sarcasm in the face of overwhelming (or underwhelming) Microsoft PR. That's ok, says Mr. Subtlety is Futile. Jesse is a lot closer to the source, I'm sure he sees a lot more that I do. Cheers, Dan.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (18868)	5/5/1998 8:31:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 24154

Microsoft, TCI sign set-top deal news.com Followup on an old story, quotes for entertainment only. Compare and contrast: "We're going to invest literally billions in driving Windows CE to be the same type of standard on these devices as it is on the PC," Gates said at the cable confab. That calls for a big WinCE. But later: "There's no need for paranoia," Gates noted, promising cable operators they would have complete control over how Microsoft software appeared to their consumers. I'd advise the cable guys to pay heed to to Andy Grove on that one. Who knows when the integrity and uniformity of the WinCE experience will raise its ugly head. Cheers, Dan.