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To: Harvey Allen who wrote (23355)	5/18/1999 12:44:00 AM
From: Thure Meyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

I like this part. >> It's also a colossal illustration of Microsoft's hypocrisy. For years now -- most vocally in its antitrust defense -- Microsoft has touted the technology marketplace's Darwinian efficiency, in which only the best innovations survive and prosper. Windows won its colossal share of the personal computing market not because of monopolistic practices or ruthless business tactics but because it was the best choice, the company argued. Now, though, it seems that Microsoft must offer what might be called, charitably, a subsidy (or uncharitably, a bribe) to get other companies to adopt Windows CE. That doesn't bode well for CE's future, to put it mildly. << The other stuff was right on too. I never understood why anyone would pay money to wrap a TV image in banner ads so that some marketing company can monitor their every move? Thure