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To: Bearded One who wrote (22645)	2/11/1999 2:21:00 AM
From: Gerald R. Lampton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Some interesting testimony (summarized): "You were concerned that if you presented consumers with a choice, they would pick Netscape and not Internet Explorer?" asked Justice Department lawyer David Boies. "Yes, that's right," replied Microsoft Vice President Cameron Myhrvold. He said that Microsoft was "concerned with how the browsers were presented," fearing that if Netscape's then-dominant browser were presented "side-by-side" with Microsoft's Internet Explorer, the company "would lose a majority of those decisions." Microsoft says that such exclusive deals are common in many industries, and don't violate the law. The government argues that they are illegal when imposed by a monopolist. interactive.wsj.com What is interesting is that, unlike Bill Gates, Cameron is willing to admit what he knows about what Microsoft does and why. Maybe last week's disaster finally gave somebody a heads up on how they should be handling this case. (On the other hand, Cameron is still disavowing e-mails, so maybe I'm reading too much into this.)

To: Bearded One who wrote (22645)	2/11/1999 10:55:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 24154

Of course. It's totally random, beyond bizzarre, as Bill would say. It always has been. Ham sandwich defense, the integrity and uniformity of the Windows experience, the much dreaded Chrysler car radio- hard to take any of it seriously. You're right about 28.8 vs. 33.3, I hadn't realized that was all the difference was. I usually get better internet service from my 33.6 ISP than I do from my 56k one; I can get 44k-48k connections but the higher-speed ISP just doesn't seem to have a decent backbone hookup. Offhand, I'd be interested in a test on a direct Lan connection, isolated from the internet per se, but of course that's be even easier to rig up to get the right results. But trying to measure and compare performance on an internet hookup, with all the instability and random fluctuations that goes on out in the broader 'net, is pretty pointless. You're also right about Windows3.1 vs. Win98, what in the world is the point of that? Like, Microsoft should be proud that it had the world running a 16bit OS on 32 bit intel hardware for 10 years after the 386 came out? It's tedious, but I really should go look up the archives from a year ago, the NYT did this good article on Windows and "integrated/modular" software. Microsoft could, of course, explain it all if they wanted, my reading at the time was that at least wrt IE, it was pretty well designed and not as mysterious as claimed. Beyond the comprehension of mere mortals ruled then. That was a better line than the current "simulate" demos, anyway.

To: Bearded One who wrote (22645)	2/12/1999 9:04:00 PM
From: odd lot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Re: This trial has gotten bizarre. I don't get it. Isn't this a fairly important trial? Why wouldn't the judge and the government insist that any evidence of a research nature be done by an objective third party? Why would demo videotapes made by Microsoft PR hacks be even allowed in the courtroom? (Did Boies know that Microsoft would shoot itself in the foot?-- sure seems like it) Is Microsoft's strategy to make all the issues so confused that nobody can sort them out? It all seems like an incredible joke, with billions of dollars riding on the outcome. Makes the impeachment hearings seem rational in comparison.