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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (10510)	9/3/1998 1:59:00 PM
From: ericneu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

>> "MSFT employee plants"? You're kidding, right? You honestly believe that Microsoft's worried enough about what's being said on SI to tell employees to post here and defend the company? > Uh, Eric? Are you new around here? There used to be a fair number, not that there was anything wrong with that. On the other thread I post to, a frequent contributor was on the list of people being deposed, and was also cited in other news stories about a certain meeting. No disparagement meant there either, he was in general an intelligent, polite and informative poster, and it's unfortunate he doesn't post anymore. He got a little abusive with the Netscape guys sometimes, but it went both ways there. He was also high enough up that his participation would have to be considered noticeable. Or maybe not, I get confused about who the relatively junior employees are these days. 1) No, I'm not new around here. 2) There's a prevalent opinion on SI that whenever an employee posts to their company's board, it must be because they've been ordered to by management. That's a little too "X-Files" for me. Maybe they just happen to believe in their company. Maybe they own a little stock. Maybe they're simply an investor looking for relevant information like the rest of the people here. - Eric