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To: Carlos Peralta who wrote (25578)	5/5/1998 7:22:00 PM
From: PCSS	Respond to of 97611

EP on CNN Moneyline says... The whole dicussion was about Gates's conference today re: Gov't vs MSFT's WIN98 release EP played the party line and neither helped nor hundered CPQ even though the reporter tried to corner him about WIN98's release importance to all and CPQ One thing EP said was that since 3Q98 Back-to-School is important, CPQ has aimed NEW products to the consumer mkt with WIN98 availability in mind...therefore if WIN98 wasn't released it might effect decisions to buy. Michael

To: Carlos Peralta who wrote (25578)	5/5/1998 7:38:00 PM
From: Roads End	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

Thank you Carlos....You are so correct. Without Governmental intervention 15 years from now MSFT will not be the king on the hill. The competition will see to it. With intervention you can guarentee a lock for MSFT for at least 50 years. To steal the constitutional rights of MSFT will cost them in the short run. In the long run it will cost all of us far more than the temporary setback in share price MSFT gets. I feel this is an issue that effects the freedom of every person on this thread and the country and is a threshold once crossed will point our economic system down a pathetic road that will place us in the also ran economies of the rest of the world. Steve

To: Carlos Peralta who wrote (25578)	5/5/1998 8:57:00 PM
From: Night Writer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Carlos, Interesting thoughts. I owned Microsoft stock and made a nice profit. Should have kept the stock long term. Oh, well. Win some, Win some less, lose some. I also think Bill Gates is one smart dude. So don't misunderstand me. Microsoft has a history of incorporating software into their operating system. This is good economically wise marketing sense. Stock holders love it. Consumers love it. If it continues, the world will run on Microsoft. Then the real meaning of Win will dawn on everyone. The problem is where does the operating system begin and where does it end? NW