Re: Company, government eyeing deal?

[Mitch Stone <mstone@vc.net>]

--- From a message sent by Christopher Pall on 3/10/1999 12:08 AM ---

>What surprises me is that for a company which seems to realize that 
>perception
>is 90% reality, they have failed to up to this point realize that the public
>perception has radically oppositional views towards Microsoft. Like I said in
>the other post, I think some executives with less invested in Microsoft 
>winning
>the court case are hoping to make out in the settlement.

Yes, we might be seeing the signs of factionalization within the 
management. In the end, though, only one opinion really seems to matter. 
If Bill Gates becomes convinced that settling beats fighting, they will 
settle, and not before.

Mitch Stone
mstone@vc.net