Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : MSFT Internet Explorer vs. NSCP Navigator -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (19829)	5/31/1998 5:42:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Reggie, >>Now your just making exceuses. Normalize for size and then run through the routine. NSCP hired one of the most powerful men in Washington to lobby against thier competitor and all of a sudden a whole slew of antitrust problems start to arise here an abroad. Face it Reg, Microsoft got itself in deep this time and you just cannot face the reality of it all. Are the 20 states involved also on the Netscape payroll? >>I guess this is alright to, as long as it somehow hurts MSFT. Face it, NSCP plays downright dirty. This is alright for all is fair in love and war, but don't start to selectively persecute MSFT because they are successful at the game. Bwahaahahaha, it just isn't fair. Quit being a cry-baby long enough to look at this from an anti-trust perspective. Al Capone was successful and the scoundrels got him, too. Life can be so cruel. Its like you break a few laws and suddenly everyone is on your case. It sounds more like you are the one feeling persecuted and are transferring these anxieties onto the case itself as some sort of denial tactic relating to your own insecurities as a businessman. Cheers, Norm

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (19829)	5/31/1998 9:01:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 24154

NSCP hired one of the most powerful men in Washington to lobby against thier competitor and all of a sudden a whole slew of antitrust problems start to arise here an abroad. That would be Bob Dole? One of the most powerful men in Washington? What an original and powerful piece of political analysis, Reggie. Guys who lose presidential elections by big margins really enhance their power and prestige in Washington. Bob Dole was one of the most powerful men in Washington when he was in the Senate, now he's a lobbyist. Bill probably has a lot easier time getting in to see the various foreign pooh-bahs he's always courting than Bob Dole does. The idea that Microsoft's antitrust problems are just the result of clever lobbying is ludicrous. High school civics guy says when you got high executives on record with "cutting off their air supply" quotes, and the CEO publicly sneering at the very idea that antitrust law might apply to him, you don't need an army of lobbyists to make your case. Of course, Microsoft also has the army of clever investors who know the value of a good monopoly when they see one to raise flags all over the place. The guys who say Microsoft's competition is laughable, and Microsoft will dominate any area they care to leverage their OS monopoly into. Outside of a certain legal context, that is. I'd say that kind of "lobbying" is more effective with the antitrust division than any retread failed presidential candidate could be, but I know I don't have proper respect for the socio-economic majority. For someone who always used to preach how powerful Microsoft was and how inevitable their hijacking the internet was, you sure are being a crybaby whiner here. Brilliant Bill could take a lesson from Andy Grove and start actually paying attention to the law instead of trying to PR his way around it, that might make Microsoft look a little better. Or, he can keep representing himself legally, always a winning strategy. Cheers, Dan.

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (19829)	6/1/1998 8:25:00 AM
From: Dermot Burke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Reggie, good morning. I find it interesting that PC makers feel safer now and are making moves to load Netscapes browser.IBM's Aptiva line will carry Netscape news.com./News/Item/0,4,22588,00.html This is happening because of the DOJ intervention and shows clearly that the Justice strategy of focusing light on the OEM contracts is appropriate. These companies did not wait long to announce this. You don't find this supportive of the premise underlying the DOJ action?