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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 492.01+1.3%Nov 28 9:30 AM EST
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To: Teflon who wrote (16525)2/19/1999 5:38:00 PM
From: RTev   of 74651
 
T2k and Teflon:

I think the risk of follow-on suits is high unless Microsoft scores an unexpected trial-round victory in this suit. The Caldera suit is an example of what is almost sure to happen without a total victory.

In that case, Microsoft accepted little more than a slap in the hand after settling a DOJ antitrust suit, but Caldera took aspects of that settlement along with a few other allegations to build an antitrust case that some stories say may seek $1.6 billion in damages.

Almost anything short of a win in the fact-trial of the current case will give both AOL/Netscape and Sun standing to file similar claims based on MS actions regarding Navigator and Java. Hardware companies might also want to join in. (I suppose MS could, as an alternative, craft a settlement agreement that somehow precludes future litigation, but probably only by making significant concessions to Sun, Netscape, and others.)

These private antitrust actions are both more common and more dangerous. Remember that it was not primarily a government suit, but rather an antitrust suit filed by MCI that finally led to the breakup of AT&T. Oh, and Boies is an attorney in private practice. There's nothing to keep Netscape or Sun from hiring him.
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