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To: Teflon who wrote (24866)	6/24/1999 6:57:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) of 74651

<C'mon, RTev, do you really think MSFT would have let this one slip by. Give me a break. Yes. I think it's possible. One of the problems Microsoft's legal team seemed to have throughout this trial was in identifying significant documents for a witness. Again and again, their witnesses were presented with exhibits that they apparently hadn't reviewed in preparation for their testimony. That indicates a failure in litigation support systems used by the defense teams. Somewhere in the complex mix of staff, software, and lawyers and the interactions among them, the MS team seemed to lose its way. Could they have missed something that would have warned them this was coming? I figure it's at least possible, based on what's happened before. After all, Microsoft had to use one of their three rebuttal witnesses to bring back AOL's Colburn as a hostile witness. That might not have been necessary had Microsoft's lawyer noticed one of the near-bombshells mentioned by Colburn in his initial testimony. Microsoft's lawyer failed to follow up on a reply that might have led to more information about AOL's negotiations with Netscape. The lead wasn't followed, so the MS team had to go back over the ground during the trial break.

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