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To: mozek who wrote (7780)	5/21/1998 1:58:00 PM
From: Flair	of 74651

mozek, Your reasoning is correct, but DOJ will not take it since MacOS and PowerPC are not that far-reaching platform. DOJ and Microsoft's rivals tried to define Operating System is non-evolving, e.g., fixed. This is why Microsoft says this is "anti-innovative". There is nothing wrong with "integration". I think DOJ knows that too. As a result, DOJ current antitrust suit emphasizes in "illegal anti-competitive business practice", instead of "integration". It is hard for DOJ to prove that why "integration" is bad for consumers and anti-competitive. If DOJ wants to win the lawsuit, they needs to prove that Microsoft illegally plotted to vanish Netscape, instead of arguing on "integration" issue. The Appeal Court is poised to rule in favor of Microsoft in the consent-decree lawsuit, i.e., initial injunction on Windows 95 is not proper. However, I think the Appeal Court will not rule this until the release of Windows 98. This will save Judge Jackson's face, since Windows 95 is out-of-date.

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