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To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (22012)	12/8/1998 3:05:00 AM
From: Bearded One	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

I'm also not impressed with this testimony. I think it's a strategic mistake for the DOJ to claim to be better programmers than Microsoft. I think, however, he could make and win a smaller point, which is that Microsoft has lots of choices about how to arrange their files and programs, and that any arguments that Microsoft might make about having to do something one way or another are probably bogus. The DOJ can't have Microsoft arguing something like, "but see, we couldn't get the darn thing to compile correctly unless it erased Netscape's bookmarks!" so they need someone to say something about programming in general.

To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (22012)	12/8/1998 4:16:00 AM
From: Charles Hughes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

>>> In other words, what technical solution is best for a particular problem is inherently an economic decision and the product of the economic environment <<< Yeah, right. Which basically says that engineering is not a real profession, and that technology should stand still and wait for the economists to understand it. Technicians are supposed to balance economics with technology. Not economists. Engineers can learn the economic requirements of a situation when required, but the company accountants and other businesspeople seldom have the experience or training to understand the technology. So who should decide when the decision involves both sets of issues, technical and economic? The attitude you paraphrase here is the same that brought you the Ford Pinto, poisoned aquifers, the lousy space shuttle, and a million other crappy outcomes. Cheers, Chaz