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To: ed who wrote (977)	5/24/1998 11:59:00 PM
From: Kashish King	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1600

Ed, you have a shallow and extremely naive understanding of what MSFT has achieved and the weak attempts to relate everything from patents held by Texas instruments to Netscape's use of a computing language proves it. Your arguments are foolish as are all arguments based on ignorance. DOS was a pathetic hack by any measure and Windows wasn't much better. Window's stranglehold can be explained by an incremental dependence of PC hardware and software investments which became a virtually insurmountable barrier to even the most innovative competing platform. After losing the numbers game to Microsoft it looks as though IBM, Sun, Oracle, Apple, Motorola and myriad other companies finally get it. Fortunately for them Java technology has the dual threat of superiority (despite those who bring up Java of two years ago as some sort of meaningful comparison)plus compatibility with Windows-based PCs. Microsoft is on a downward leg of their journey and people like you will wake up to that reality about 4 years after it's already old news.

To: ed who wrote (977)	5/25/1998 4:03:00 AM
From: Dragonfly	Respond to of 1600

Ok, so you called me a fool. Do you feel better? I think it would have been more effective if you'd managed to point out some foolishness on my part beforehand. Anyway, Netscape did, for all practical purposes, invent the browser, or is co-responsible for inventing it. They have at least one innovation on their side. You said Netscape was whining and not innovating like Microsoft. I would like for you to point out just how Microsoft is innovating-- other than finding new ways to break the law. If you're right, this should be very easy to do. Why don't you? Dragonfly PS- I don't own any Netscape stock. I don't own any Microsoft stock. I haven't shorted either. However, I am a software developer with very close ties to this industry, and I have worked for Microsoft in the past-- I know of what I speak.