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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 478.53-1.0%Dec 12 9:30 AM EST

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To: Frank Ellis Morris who wrote (34506)11/20/1999 6:10:00 PM
From: foobert   of 74651
 
This little poem tells it all

Found on the csy2k newsgroup.
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The Legal Mugging of Microsoft
By Jim Pinto

'Twas Thomas Penfield Jackson's court,
With Janet's Reno's full support
For the legal mugging of Microsoft

Reno has some egg on face
That WACO thing is a disgrace
Now, let's put Billy in his place
With the legal mugging of Microsoft

Sun's McNealy was crying out loud
Netscape and AOL joined the crowd
Oracle, IBM not too proud
To join the mugging of Microsoft

Microsoft has grown too huge
With strong-arm tactics, subterfuge
The evidence is a deluge
For the legal mugging of Microsoft

The supporting witnesses came in vain
Penfield brushed 'em off with disdain
Microsoft has too much to gain
Proceed with the mugging of Microsoft

It took 207 pages to describe
Penfield Jacksons diatribe
To prove he didn't take a bribe
For the legal mugging of Microsoft

Joel then he made a speech
Complimenting all and praising each
Praising Janet for her reach
In the legal mugging of Microsoft

So what will happen now and next?
Under what precedent, what pretext?
When the legal muscles are fully flexed
For the legal mugging of Microsoft.

Concession points and remedies
Anti-competitive decrees
Million dollars a day in penalties
For the legal mugging of Microsoft

Break it up into Baby Bills
Anti-competitive codicils
Give away the Windows frills
For the legal mugging of Microsoft

As the tale continues to unfold
Microsoft's stock-price continues to hold
And Penfield ponders how he'll scold
In the legal mugging of Microsoft

This may take decades to unreel
They'll dance and dodge and then appeal
Justice hopes Bill will make a deal
To stop the mugging of Microsoft
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How do know where you're going if you don't know where you've been?

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