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To: Gerald Walls who wrote (11411)	10/19/1998 12:36:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Respond to of 74651

I think it is as intentional as the attack on the medical industry was at the outset of Hillary's reign as queen of health care. I think this gets a little nastier even as MSFT probably didn't play ball with the DNC to the extent they would have liked them to. JFD

To: Gerald Walls who wrote (11411)	10/19/1998 1:26:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Subconcious response? You guys. I think it's a subconscious response directed at an entity that is "too powerful" without the realization that it's the government monopoly that feels itself threatened. What "government monopoly" does Microsoft threaten? To repeat an old point, there's checks and balances in the government, plus there's these things called elections. And if you want to go off on the "free market" lecture, you might try explaining how that's supposed to work when Bill's off killing competitive technology before it gets to market. The fact that the Antitrust division is run by people who don't hold Rick Rule's view of how the law should be (un)enforced doesn't mean they're megalomaniacs. They just differ in philosophy. Personally, I could handle an all-powerful Microsoft if they showed any intention or ability to ship an OS that sucked less. Instead, we got Windows 98. Why must Microsoft be free to innovate, but free to quash anyone else's innovation? Why must Microsoft "Embrace and Demolish" the Internet? Why do we get Bill's baroque revisionist history? Why ask why? Cheers, Dan.