Re: CFA: Microsoft overcharges consumers $10 billion in 3 years

["Eric M. Bennett" <ericb@pobox.com>]

Stan Johnson wrote:

>I can't recall ever hearing of a Congressperson being impolite and
>pushy toward a multi-billionaire, can you?

If there are multiple billionaires encouraging him to be pushy towards a
single multi-billionaire, then it can happen.

Orrin Hatch has said some pretty nasty things about Microsoft, although not
necessarily specifically directed at Gates personally.



--
Eric Bennett ( http://www.pobox.com/~ericb/ )
Cornell University, Field of Biochemistry, 377 Olin Chemistry Lab

We have increased our prices over the last 10 years [while]
other component prices have come down and continue to come down.
-Joachim Kempin, Senior Vice President, Microsoft Corp.