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To: Chris who wrote (25817)	5/7/1998 10:26:00 PM
From: Andreas	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

Way to Go Chris!! You're well on your way, but I hate to tell you this - most people in this country are already too well indoctrinated by the ways and ideals of socialism to give a damn about your conservative, right wing, idealism. Now don't get me wrong. I happen to agree with you 1000%. Unfortunately, we were never so free as when the founding fathers first told the British empire to take a hike. From that point forward, each and every bit of legislation (all 222 years of it) whittled away at freedoms. We are now at the point and have been for quite some time where in order to keep legislators busy they simply must keep passing new legislation, which, by definition, will further erode freedoms. Let's face it, legislation is all about telling people they can nolonger do something which they had previously enjoyed doing. The examples are too numerous to mention here but include simple ordinances banning children from skateboarding to environmental legislation which takes private property without compensation, all under the guise of protecting the newest endangered species. And please do not tell me that I believe all legislation is bad or evil. I don't. Certain labor legislation was good, civil rights legislation was good, etc. etc. The point is there are limits and we have long since reached those limits. As for Microsoft, what are all the antitrust lawyers in the justice department going to do if they don't go after somebody? They must find somebody to go after or else they are obsolete. And maybe that 's the point you're really trying to make. Much of government has become obsolete and simply needs to be retired. Good luck selling that to the hordes of big-mouthed know-it-alls with their own special pet project that needs government endorsement to remain credible. So don't worry about Microsoft. By definition - it's doomed. Worrly instead about number 1 and about whether or not you'll make as much money as you need to survive in the life style you desire, given the fact that Uncle Sam wants to take as much as his greedy self-serving little hands can take out of your pocket. After all, who's going to take care of all those homeless, downtrodden, victimized, unfortunates? Charles Grodin? I doubt it!

To: Chris who wrote (25817)	5/7/1998 10:46:00 PM
From: TLindt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

Before you get yourself to pumped up on defending 'free markets' you might want to review the reason behind these laws.... Start here.... switzerland.isyours.com And go thru the entire topic..... switzerland.isyours.com It wasn't Parker Bros. who Invented Monopoly....this guy wrote the book... History tends to repeat itself...and this is what the crux of the issue is all about....in any event I found it a most interesting hour of reading. And I've been Long MSFT for quite sometime....so I come from profits and perspective.

To: Chris who wrote (25817)	5/7/1998 10:52:00 PM
From: Scott D.	Respond to of 97611

"I switched from Borland C/C++ to MS Visual C++ because MS made a good product" Oh please spare me. MS product cannot produce warnings for simple programming errors as Borland or Watcom can.

To: Chris who wrote (25817)	5/7/1998 11:00:00 PM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

Chris, 20 years ago a nuclear physicist named A.J. Galombos gave a lecture in Carmel, CA in which he predicted that, in 20 years (from then) people like us would be having just this kind of electronic exchange. He also suggested that the role of "government" would have to shrink to just policing "the crazies" and maintaining a standing army to defend against international "crazies". The rest, he suggested, should be left to the individual. Not the state, not the city, the individual. Privately owned toll roads, pay-for-service fire departments, and increases in charitable donations and insurance would replace the concepts of "taxes" and "government"). In his world, honesty would replace the "justice system" because lies would become nearly impossible to hide.* If people didn't like what MSFT was doing, they could refuse to buy their products, sell their stock, send critical e-mail to MSFT and their friends, etc. They could post until they were blue on public forums. And, so long as they spoke the truth or their own opinions (stated as such), they would be heard. If enough people disagreed with MSFT, a Net-based "movement" would commence and MSFT would either straighten up or go out of business for lack of customers. I've heard an awful lot of people express their opinions in favor of MSFT, but not one in favor the the Justice Dept. I'm not saying that A.J. was 100% right. But, if people's opinions mean anything, in this case the government is 100% wrong. Craig * A competitor, called our office this afternoon in the guise of a potential customer to request information on our products. We did a backward search on his telephone number, discovered his misprepresentation, and E-mailed a note to let him know that his P.O. box would be empty.