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To: Gerald Walls who wrote (31619)	11/4/1999 7:14:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	of 74651

First Craemers praise of Klein is a slap in the face to the rest of the DOJ lawyers. Why is he sucking up to these guys- is he getting ready to send DOJ after his competition? Options 1 and 2 make sense and therefore the short term out of the money calls circa 90-95 are not a bad idea. Craemer's third option is not feasible as has been explained on this board all week. Opening up the source code strips the third party licensors of their property rights and they were simply innocent bystanders. If the judge is smart he would realize that the source code would be useless to others as it would take them years to digest it. Of course the investment community understanding and perception of this might not be the same. Any such judgement could be tested on the basis of infringement on property rights. If they proposed an auction who would bid. After it was acquired by others who would maintain the standards of the O/S and insure that it was fair to legacy applications. This should not and if the Judge has half a brain won't be in the mix. JFD

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