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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (21496)	11/16/1998 8:13:00 PM
From: Keith Hankin	Respond to of 24154

Dan, I'm surprised you missed this article: Highly scripted Comdex stars Microsoft my.netscape.com

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (21496)	11/19/1998 8:46:00 AM
From: Reginald Middleton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Yet here in the Microsoft Pavillion, one of the most crowded sections of the trade show, under banners trumpeting new advances in ease-of-use and productivity, neither court case dimmed the support of hundreds of Gates loyalists. In row after row of personal computers featuring Windows software products of every description, from industrial automation to architectural support, 252 companies see themselves as living proof that the Windows business model is making money for more than just Microsoft. These are companies that have started small, just as Gates did more than two decades ago, and have prospered writing programs that run on his Windows operating systems. There is little love here for the idea of Government regulation or intervention. There is a pervasive hope that with perhaps just a little bit of luck and a strong dose of entrepreneurial sweat and labor, it is still possible to match the success of Gates, the nation's wealthiest person. "This is just Big Brother trying to beat this guy up," said Jack Ross, president of Cedar Systems, a five-person start-up in Bellevue, Wash.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (21496)	11/19/1998 8:48:00 AM
From: Reginald Middleton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

"I don't see how the Government can come in and help settle the score after these guys have lost in the marketplace," he said, referring to Silicon Valley companies like Sun, the Netscape Communications Corporation and the Oracle Corporation, which are Microsoft's most bitter enemies. That view is apparently shared by a majority of Americans. A CNN-USA Today poll by the Gallup organization that was reported on Tuesday found that 56 percent of 1,039 adults interviewed last weekend had a favorable opinion of Gates, compared with 55 percent in March before the antitrust trial began. Of those polled, 44 percent said they sided with Microsoft in the trial, while only 28 percent backed the Justice Department. Some at Comdex portray Gates's problem as simple politics. Microsoft, they say, has failed to educate the Government on how the software industry differs from other, more traditional American businesses. "Microsoft is an extremely competitive company, like many others," said Paula Gil, an alliance manager at Best Software, a company in Reston, Va., that develops business software. Since going public last year, Best has seen the value of its stock almost double. Ms. Gil, who expresses great admiration for Gates, recalled that when she heard him speak years ago, an audience member asked whom he feared most as a competitor. Without hesitation, she said, Gates answered that it was somebody working in a garage on a new idea that he had never heard about.