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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (19556)	5/21/1998 3:16:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Metaphors Fly Back and Forth in Microsoft Dispute nytimes.com This is the ironic article of the day from the good gray Times. There's a bunch of more substantial ones, but they'll have to wait. Guess who comes to our rescue at the end? Fortunately, not every general in the public-relations assault on Fortress Microsoft felt compelled to unleash bad metaphors to explain antitrust laws and their relationship to computer operating systems. U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, for example, offered a refreshingly candid admission last week in response to a reporter's question about her own expertise in the matter. "At this time I do not have a personal relationship with a computer," Reno said. That's the end of the story. The first sentence in the quote is misleading, as most of the bad metaphors talked about in the rest of the story were released in the public-relations defense of Fortress Microsoft. As if followers of the ever popular Chrysler car radio line didn't know that. Cheers, Dan.