From: John Cuccia 

OK, Rich, I'll play your game, for just this message:

On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:01:20 -0800, "Rich"  wrote:

>   I see that you have selectively quoted my reply to you in order to hide
your error and to make it easier for you to try to divert attention by
changing the topic.  To further your deception your editing changed the
meaning of what I wrote.  To help you get back on track let me repeat.
>
>   You need to do a better distinguishing between a personal opinion being
expressed on the then future and public data from history reporting on what
really happened in the now past.

Why?  That was a "personal" opinion directly related to future
Microsoft  business, and the "personal" opinions of company
executives regarding the future of their company very (*very*) often become
company policy (and strategy).  After  all, those folk become executives
precisely because someone thinks  their opinions, and the process by which
those opinions are formed, have merit.

Concerning the 2nd part of your statement: What "public data from
history" are you talking about?

>
>   As for your off topic reply, I don't know about you but the people I work
with express personal opinions related to their own work and the work of
others all the time.  I spent two hours yesterday discussing with someone
what I thought was wrong with his plans for a feature he owns in a product
being developed by his group.  Only time will tell the extent to which each
of us has correctly predicted the future.  I felt it entirely appropriate
for me to offer my unsolicited opinion.  I'm also solicited for opinions,
solicit the opinions of others, and receive unsolicted opinions at times
too.  Maybe your work place is oppressive.  Mine is not.

There's nothing in the above to refute the fact that the MS-executive-held
opinion )that the desktop monopoly should be used to leverage the
dissemination of IE) wasn't taken seriously, or, perhaps, implemented.

Who knows, if the person you advised values your opinion, he may
incorporate it into his product.

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