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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (19221)	5/18/1998 2:19:00 AM
From: Gerald R. Lampton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Dan, I'm going to say Jesse is wrong here, at least from the point of view of what is in the best interest of Microsoft. The dispute with Microsoft is over their business model -- not some single piece of software, like the OS or the browser. In my view, the government is filing this lawsuit because it wants to destroy their business model. These pieces of software are merely "instances" of the overall model. Negotiating with the government over what they were discussing is simply slow motion death by regulation, contract by exclusionary contract, product by "free"/OS-integrated product. Negotiating over a breakup would, to me, make sense, but Microsoft obviously doesn't want to go there (even though that's where they are going to end up anyway, IMHO). Given that, and given Microsoft's (wrong) perception that they can win this lawsuit, taking a chance and going to court makes more sense than certain, slow motion death by negotiation and regulation. Some battles just have to be fought. Jesse's views notwithstanding, this is one of them.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (19221)	5/18/1998 2:50:00 AM
From: nommedeguerre	Respond to of 24154

Dan, >>Much the way Microsoft is sneering today. "Who cares about the law! Hain't we got the power?" -Cornelius Vanderbilt

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (19221)	5/18/1998 5:31:00 AM
From: Harvey Allen	Respond to of 24154

Jobs put the 233-megahertz iMac through its paces against the Wintel-darling Compaq Presario 2880, which features a Pentium II chip clocked at 400 mhz. A demonstration of the two machines saw the iMac finish 20 seconds before the PC, which drew a roar of laughter and thunderous applause from the crowd. calgaryherald.com

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (19221)	5/18/1998 8:53:00 AM
From: Thure Meyer	Respond to of 24154

"Lotta sneering going on here too, if you can't get enough there's a near limitless supply over on "How High". " Dan, As an aside; I read the How High thread and agree with you. This limitless arrogance is puzzling though. Its like a twisted version of Wall Street or Bonfire of the Vanities. We actually have people comparing the DOJ to communists (whatever that means). I have never thought of them that way myself. Personally I think its an indictment of our education system. We have spawned a generation of "generation-X" fools who don't have a clue as to the history of anything and are cynically obsessed with money. Oscar Wilde had a good quote about that "A cynic is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing". Well, I am rooting for the DOJ simply because I am convinced that clamping down on Microsoft is a small blow for democracy. Thure