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Technology Stocks : Microsoft - The Evil empire -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Robert Winchell who wrote (1239)	6/12/1998 12:31:00 AM
From: Rusty Johnson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1600

It's definitely a religious war ... Many people have strong opinions about the DOJ case against Microsoft and they obviously haven't read the charges. I'll say it again. Read the following press release or the complaint. It isn't that long. usdoj.gov The complaint against Microsoft has nothing to do with their success. It has to do with the tactics they allegedly used to leverage that success. It is interesting. I don't even care how the DOJ case turns out. By the time a decision is reached the point will be moot. The damage is already done to some companies legally or illegally. Microsoft's problem is not the DOJ. There are better operating systems, better applications and better browsers in the world. And they're cheaper if not FREE. Better software will continue to be written. As much as Bill would like to control all of the software in the world and hire all of the best programmers ... he simply can't. I'm going to use Linux, Applix Office Suite and Netscape Navigator. Many people will continue to use Windows, Office and Explorer. I use Microsoft products at work. I've always preferred Excel to WingZ. I like having the choice. Read the book. Read the press release. Form your own opinion. Worship a real deity. Best of luck.

To: Robert Winchell who wrote (1239)	6/12/1998 2:00:00 PM
From: Dragonfly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1600

Hmmm. A book written by 2 people with person vendettas against MS doesn't paint a rosy picture? I'm shocked. Well, those two are backed by literally thousands of others, including myself. I have no personal vendetta, but in all my years of working in the software industry, I have met more programmers who hate microsoft, and will never work there again, than any other company... in total numbers and as a percentage of ex-microsofties I know. Rudedog probably liked it, but he was higher up in the bill-factors than most people. I, personally, was defrauded out of about $40,000 in compensation, not counting the stock options that, under the law, I should have gotten, in my opinion. (There was a recent court case about this issue, so I should say "according to a recent interpretation of the law by a judge", it is being appealed, of course.) And that's just the monetary stuff. When I tried to leave, I was subjected to psychological pressure of an intensity and type that I've only heard about in one other place-- a bood I read on cults. To some extent, I blame myself- I had heard the stories, and I went there anyway. (Really funny how you haven't heard these stories. Maybe you don't know any ex-microserfs.) I really should have left right away. Dragonfly