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To: soup who wrote (22138)	1/10/1999 1:46:00 PM
From: soup	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213173

SJM's Dan Gillmour on the Microsoft trial. >But the culture also radiates contempt. It rejects the norms of behavior that most of us take for granted. This part of the culture is ugly and paranoid, like a dictatorship that can survive only as long as it crushes all dissent. It leads, as the evidence has shown, to predatory behavior against software companies, bullying of captive PC-manufacturing customers and even roughhouse antics with its best partners. The government's other major weapon has been the series of excerpts from Bill Gates' pre-trial deposition. His deliberate, brazen obtuseness and avoidance of the most direct questions are bad enough. But if you've seen any of the excerpts you've gotten a fine view of the sheer contempt this man holds for anyone who dares to challenge his right to do anything he pleases.< www1.sjmercury.com Hmmm. In this context, Jobs referral to AAPL's relationship to MSFT as a "marriage" raises issues of co-dependence.