From: Steven Sinofsky To: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacationggmail.com> Subject: RE: Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:27:07 +0000 Importance: Normal Microsoft lawyer heading to NY to meet with Jay/Scott at Kirkland. On call today seemed very anxious to close things down and open minded about money. I don't think he will go to 20. Brad Smith (Microsoft counsel) did get his butt kicked today by the FTC relative to google -- he spent 3 years trying to get the FTC (headed by his friend from law clerk days) to file against google. Tee hee. Ballmer just taking a pounding in the press. Hope the Tamiflu worked! Sent from Windows Mail From: Jeffrey Epstein Sent: December 30, 2012 12:46 PM To: Steven Sinofsky Subject: Re: i understand, until your deal is done i would be very quiet On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Steven Sinofsk > wrote: ok. It was good. They don't like Steve at all (Andreessen on board of HP). HP a train wreck. They started dinner by asking "which company is the best short bet: HP, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco" and they agreed that basically all are toast in 24-36 months. They see no upside for Microsoft given teh phone/mobile situation. Hoffman and Andreessen say they speak for everyone--basically the big problem with big companies in tech are the sales people. They are worried about Apple that way now. They see it as the root of Microsoft. They are tired of CEO founders having succession be to their lieutenant who is by definition a complementary side show. They are making sure that in their companies the board doesn't approve of those plans and doesn't allow COO->CEO transitions. They want me on a board. Mark working on Twitter. They think the east coast is a tech joke :-) (including Harvard). I talked about management and leadership. It was funny. They are all troubled by the whole notion of "let's all be nice" that Steve put forth as well as Tim Cook. That/s why they say there is a lot of pressure to off Andy Rubin. Everyone knows they only