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To: Alok Sinha who wrote (14904)	3/24/1999 1:04:00 PM
From: John Mireley	Respond to of 64865

Java - On-demand services headed to set-tops news.com By Jim Davis Staff Writer, CNET News.com March 24, 1999, 4:00 a.m. PT Intertainer and General Instrument, the largest U.S. supplier of cable set-topboxes, are working to bring Java-based video and music "on-demand" services todigital set-top boxes due to appear later this year.

To: Alok Sinha who wrote (14904)	3/24/1999 2:03:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

How about expropriating the PC-OS from MSFT and giving it over to a standards body to maintain???

To: Alok Sinha who wrote (14904)	3/24/1999 3:11:00 PM
From: JDN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Dear Alok: Well, I think it would be difficult to find a CEO in favor of breaking up companies as who knows--his may be next. haha. I dont know the answer and can certainly see both sides of the arguements. However, there is no question in my mind that A. MSFT is a monopoly B. They use that Monopoly to their best interest. I suppose as to whether it is illegal or not is in the eye of the beholder. I happen to think that they keep the cost of Windows relatively low to us consumers--good but also its not as good as it could be--bad. I do think the Justice Dept. mucking around probably helps keep them under some control. Sure makes the attornies happy. JDN

To: Alok Sinha who wrote (14904)	3/24/1999 4:24:00 PM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 64865

Alok I agree he seems at times to bust chops a little too much but we don't know how bad it gets dealing with msft on a day to day basis behind the scenes.

To: Alok Sinha who wrote (14904)	3/25/1999 2:13:00 PM
From: Michael L. Voorhees	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Alok: I disagree. McNealy is right on.If they forced them to innovate instead of buy and BS we all would be winners (and guess what so would MSFT). Splitting up OS and applications is rather arbitrary and gray and I believe to be unfair. Scott's approach is fair, force them to innovate which really just becomes consistent with their PR and advertising speal about innovation. It's time to hold MSFT accountable for the PR and advertising statements they vomit out (i.e. innovation). I also believe that we would have better quality producsts (how can one get software products of less quality than MSFT's anyway)(and cheaper) if MSFT would have been disallowed from purchasing many of these companies. McNealy nailed it and by the way his educational background at Harvard was related to anti-trust issues.