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>  Subject: Proposed Regulation FD No. S7-31-99 

>  Date:    04/25/2000 1:16 AM
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>  
>  Re:  Proposed Regulation FD No. S7-31-99
>  I think that all companies should provide the SAME information to both 
>  analysts and investors.  Selective disclosure only serves to prop up the 
> egos 
>  of the analysts who can then distort the facts to suit their myriad 
>  predjudices.  An excellent example of a company which does not resort to 
> this 
>  despicable practice is the one presently being hounded by the DOJ and 
> several 
>  states attorneys general (caps omitted intentionally) based on the 
> whimpering 
>  of companies (especially those in the plaintiff states) which were unable 
to 
> 
>  compete due to their disrespect for consumers, something Microsoft has 
never 
> 
>  been guilty of.  Judge Jackson should have recused himself from the case 
> based 
>  on his history of vindictive decisions and comments regarding Microsoft. 
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Per request, above, my name is:
John W. O. Williams