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To: Teflon who wrote (16371)2/18/1999 5:20:00 PM
From: t2  Respond to of 74651
 
Teflon--Your post was great!!!!
If Gates and company were working on Cohen, you can bet it gets to Janet Reno and to Clinton. If they get Cohen (a Republican) on their side----we know Clinton owes him big for support during the Iraq attacks-- I bet something can be worked out!!



To: Teflon who wrote (16371)2/18/1999 5:30:00 PM
From: PMS Witch  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74651
 
"To think otherwise is flat out silly."

My favourite line in a priceless post. Once in a while someone comes along and wraps up the issue succinctly. Thanks, PW.



To: Teflon who wrote (16371)2/18/1999 5:41:00 PM
From: limtex  Respond to of 74651
 
Teflon -

Great post. Be an investor and stop looking at it is by far the best although the most difficult and ther always whole market catastrpohies to worry about.

This is 1999 and not 1899 and oil was just found in the ground by SO but MSFT didn't find anything in the ground they had to use their minds to create it.

Bill is a symbol and a great role model. Take him away and you have left as the richest man in the world a debauched bunch of oil potentates the richest of which has a collection of Rolls Royces in a state propped up by the British Army...some role model.

Leave Bill alone and let the Government have a quiet chat with him and ask him to ease up and help out a bunch smaller US companies and we will all be much better of than making a bunch of lawyers richer and getting all uptight about messing with a company that has produced so much good for the US (and incidentally the World).

LEAVE BILL ALONE

Regards,

L



To: Teflon who wrote (16371)2/18/1999 5:52:00 PM
From: t2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74651
 
Teflon--I hope you keep posting. I like your logic.



To: Teflon who wrote (16371)2/18/1999 8:53:00 PM
From: Don Edgerton  Respond to of 74651
 
In addition to the $300 mill or so a year, there is likely a lot more pirated software.

If MSFT would identify a few agencies with pirated software on their machines, then it could sue the government for software piracy and put Janet Reno in jail along with about a gazillion other employees who have pirated software on their machines.

No current proof of piracy, but it was practiced "unofficially" when I was in government.