Here is a very small company [Netscape] that has benefited tremendously over the course of the last few years by being involved in encryption, privacy and copyright issues.

Not all industry CEOs, especially in the software and Internet fields, see involvement in policy as necessarily important to their bottom line. They come from an entrepreneurial milieu and view government as a necessary evil.

Certainly, the antitrust actions against Microsoft and Intel have raised the visibility of the industry substantially.

Bill Gates comes up to the Hill not just to testify, but to visit his senators, Slade Gorton [R-Wash.] and Patty Murray [D-Wash.], or other key senators.