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To: ahhaha who wrote (3601)	12/30/1998 6:14:00 AM
From: Robert Scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

OT - For a recent example - Did you see any of the taped testimony of Bill Gates? It was very clear that Bill Gates was dueling with the govt lawyer, trying to outwit him, playing with definitions of words - much like Bill Clinton. In short, not taking the suit seriously. If this isn't arrogance, I don't know what is.

To: ahhaha who wrote (3601)	12/30/1998 6:47:00 AM
From: FR1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Let's use Steve Balmer. He's the best possibility to fit, certainly more than Gates. So given him or some other appropriate representative individual or even the company at large, just what indicates arrogance? He's one I wouldn't believe if I didn't watch it myself. At the start of the DOJ case MSFT was going out of its way to avoid the attack that they were bundling IE into their OS to kill the competition. MSFT was trying to point out that it was always part of the OS. So Meet the Press had Balmer on the show. In the middle of the show, he was asked: If MSFT went out and bought somebody like Quicken, do you believe they would have the right to bundle Quicken into the OS? This would kill all the accounting software competitors who have to fight to get a sale. Balmer smiled, looked directly into the camera, and said: I'm not a lawyer but yeah, why not? It's our OS and we can stick any program we feel like it in there. We can stick a ham sandwich in there if we want. All this after he agreed that the OS had a market monopoly and with that came some restrictions. I personally don't think the DOJ has much of a case but there is no question that MSFT has used their marketing position to bully around other businesses. We can split hairs on what the definition of arrogance is and what the meaning of is is but most people will vote the above as arrogance.