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To: Hal Rubel who wrote (6989)	5/13/1998 12:28:00 AM
From: LR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

The rant begins: I am doubtful that the DOJ wants a deal. At least not before they've had their press. Since they don't want to go after FOB(Filegaters and Obstructors of Justice) Bubba they have to justify their liawyer(that's how you spell it) existence. MSFT treats their average public customer badly[proof: try calling their tech. support line(what a joke, recordings and infinite holds or big charges)]. Or better yet, go to their website and get the "COOKIE REQURED" message and be switched to the condescending "DO YOU KNOW WHAT A COOKIE IS?" message. Yes I do jack ass, and I don't want you to have it on my machine. I'm in and out of MSFT stock so this court action can be played either way, but it's the principle of Big Brother government that irks me. I don't mind the DOJ but the states AGs need to be shunted. After slithering under rocks for so long, their eyes aren't used to the light and they don't understand(or don't care) about potential consequences. Example: Tobacco cases. Now Guatemala is suing the tobacco companies. Wait until other countries start suing our "bad" companies and start putting Americans out of work, people unlike AG David "Oops, unemployed boxmakers vote too" Morales or Judge Thomas "Wannabee" Jackson. End rant.

To: Hal Rubel who wrote (6989)	5/13/1998 1:13:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Respond to of 74651

Why innovate when marketing is good enough. Hal, those hordes of MSFT programmers don't just stop working because of some court ruling. MSFT is a very competitive company, and they strive to improve their products because they have high-quality employees who enjoy their jobs. Actually one of the biggest complaints about MSFT is that they go on to the next great upgrade before the previous one even has all the bugs worked out. John Dvorak's [PC Magazine] most recent column is about this very thing. John D. wishes that MSFT would have spent more time ironing out the quirks of Win95, and he laments the fact that Win98 is already on the brink of shipping. I somewhat agree with this philosophy, and I hope that MSFT does spend the next 12 months ironing out the quirks of Win98 and the built -in IE 4.0 that comes with it. I've already heard several horror stories about IE 4.0 and Win98 beta rendering people's systems unusable, and these aren't newbie people.

To: Hal Rubel who wrote (6989)	5/13/1998 10:09:00 PM
From: Maverick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Late yesterday, MICROSOFT CORP said the company sees "no merit" to a SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC effort to get a preliminary injunction against the company's Windows 98 operating system. Tom Burt, Microsoft's associate general counsel, said the software giant has not yet been served with motions filed under seal by Sun in U.S. District Court in San Jose. "Based on what Sun has said publicly about the papers... there is no merit at all to Sun's preliminary injunction motions," Burt said. Burt and other Microsoft executives on the call said they did not expect Sun to be successful in its request for a preliminary injunction, and they declined to say what the impact of such a measure might be. (Reuters 05:04 PM ET 05/12/98) For the full text story, see infobeat.com * Late yesterday, a U.S. Court of Appeals sided with MICROSOFT CORP by stopping a 1997 lower court decision from interfering with the release of Windows 98. The appellate court order -- which will have no effect on any new antitrust case that states or the Justice Department may file -- said the government had a "very weak" chance of winning a permanent injunction against Windows 98 under the old U.S. District Court case from last year. (Reuters 06:09 PM ET 05/12/98) For the full text story, see infobeat.com