The NYT reports today on the MS-DoJ case and notes that Microsoft has opposed the administration on several issues -- one being encryption -- which have captured the attention of publicity-seeking legislators as well. Another NYT report is on Microsoft's past neglect of major lobbying of the government and bigtime contribution to PACs, in contrast to other industrial giants, and that MS it is fast coming around on both counts now, with big bucks being poured into DC coffers of PR firms. (Could this beneficence be the incentive of $ieger and $habbar?) The report notes that Microsoft is for the first time beginning to consider that it cannot continue to grow without coming to terms with the USG, the lesson all the giants have learned so well and are happy to see Bill Gates cut down to fit the mold. Now, was it not the case that not too long ago Microsoft was allegedly funding the strong crypto bills? And is a plea bargain in the works for MS sentence of worldwide GAK in Explorer?