Re: Dole on Microsoft

[Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>]

  At 09:38 -0500 11/25/97, Norm wrote:
  >On Mon, 24 Nov 1997 16:05:46 -0500 (EST), Declan McCullagh wrote:
  >
  >>What's to "wonder" about here? A bunch of MSFT's competitors bought -- that
  >>is, retained -- a former senator. Happens every day in DC. A few floors
  >>down from my office (conveniently close to the FCC) is the lobby office of
  >>the former Senate Commerce committee chairman.
  >>
  >>Maybe MSFT will hire Clinton in 2000.
  >
  >
  >     I believe they hired him a little over five years ago when he was
  >first running for President...of course he may have even been on the
  >payroll pack when he was only a Govenor.
  
  Which of course explains why the Clinton Justice Dept is moving against MSFT.
  
  BTW, last week I copied over eight hundred pages from the court file, all
  submitted this month or last month. MSFT and DoJ have been busy little
  critters.
  
  -Declan