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To: Bearded One who wrote (12929)	12/4/1998 1:33:00 AM
From: mozek	Respond to of 74651

do you see how Microsoft's altering the Java syntax might be perceived as an attempt to destroy the cross platform capability of Java I do see how some could have that perception, but the truth is that the mail I've seen or heard of from Bill himself only talked about the perceived threat. All that does is refute the DOJ's assertion that Microsoft has monopoly control. Mail to Bill from people (mostly the same person) titled incorrectly in news articles talked about pollution and pissing. One thing that you are never supposed to do in a deposition is speculate. If Bill really didn't know exactly what was meant by "pissing all over JDK 1.2", what should he have said? He could either have speculated something more negative than what was meant or less. Anyone with half a brain can draw their own conclusion, so the only thing the lawyers could have been fishing for was incriminating speculation or a sound byte. If they wanted a factual answer, they should only have asked the author of the mail. In a deposition, lawyers shouldn't ask someone to speculate. Avoiding that is supposed to be part of the procedure. Of course, if your goal is PR, why follow procedure? I can tell you that many people at Microsoft did not know or care what those individuals were talking about. Most of the mail I've seen that the DOJ is using to argue Microsoft's improper intent was ignored by people doing real work. The goal of those doing real work was to make the best product they could possibly make. People can choose to distort that or disbelieve it, but it's the truth. The fact is that Sun was scared sh**less of the high quality in Microsoft's runtime. IBM and Sun even colluded to get enough companies contributing technology to try and beat it in performance and stability. In spite of that, Microsoft's Java still beats the others out there. As Scott McNealy once said (close to a quote as I can remember) "those who can do, those who can't sue". His actions and those lobbying the DOJ show that they are incapable of performing in the marketplace. Thanks Bearded, Mike