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To: J Krnjeu who wrote (10325)	8/26/1998 11:08:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Respond to of 74651

J Krnjeu, >>Bill Gates has helped more people and organization in the world than you can ever imagine. No, he's just sold a hell of a lot of software that someone else would have sold if he hadn't. What are some of the "major breakthroughs" in technology that MSFT has introduced? I doubt that the entire software industry would be any less advanced today than if Bill had retired in 1985. Cheers, Norm

To: J Krnjeu who wrote (10325)	8/27/1998 7:07:00 PM
From: Hal Rubel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Citizens Gates & Clinton RE: "What a choice! Having to pick the evil of two lessers." Hal Rubel "Bill Gates has helped more people and organization in the world than you can ever imagine. Have you helped a tenth of the people he has helped? And you consider him evil, then you must set the standard for evil." J. Krnjeu Don't forget J. K., both Sweet William and Slick Willie are running around building those good names for themselves using our money. Hal

To: J Krnjeu who wrote (10325)	8/27/1998 7:51:00 PM
From: Hal Rubel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

More Heretical Remarks About Saintly Bill Gates J. K., ever wonder why universally standard Windows still does not yet run itself on Motorola's PowerPC chip? I have. People are starting to ask. Maybe you should too. What other chips do Microsoft's universally standard OS products not run on? Were the decisions made more than just business decisions? From The New York Times: "At the August 1995 meeting, Gates expressed concern about Intel's software work in two areas -- a layer of multimedia software called native signal processing, or NSP, and the possibility that some of Intel's Internet software development might be at odds with Microsoft's strategy. The differences between Microsoft and Intel over NSP technology were widely reported in the trade press in 1995, but the memos now reveal that the two companies were also at odds over Intel's plans for developing support for Internet features and a software engine for Java, a programming language created by Sun Microsystems Inc., a Microsoft rival. A microprocessor that supported Java would have enabled programs written in that language to run on any operating system -- a serious threat to the dominance of Microsoft's Windows. According to an internal memo written by an Intel executive who attended the meeting, Gates left no doubt that he wanted the software development at the Intel Architecture Labs, or IAL, curbed. And at the same time he publicly announced [read "threatened"] that Microsoft would share technologies and spend up to $100 million to train engineers to develop and service products on a version of Windows written for a competitor's microprocessor." New York Times, Aug. 26, 1998. This raises the question of some kind of "Wintel" conspiracy against computer users. Hey, thats us! Naughty, naughty if true. Shameful journalism if false! Hal PS: Also, why does Apple's Mac OS not run on Intel chips? Was that a business decision unduely influenced by Microsoft via Intel in any way? These DOJ hearings into the activities of the two Bills are quite timely and healthy in a free society. Loving it! HR