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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (33851)	11/12/1999 4:16:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) of 74651

It is amazing that we need law professors to tell us that the judge's "findings" in crucial areas are grounded on his personal dislike for MSFT... Hmm. And you once accused me of being unable to read. Nowhere in the article do any of the quoted sources say that Jackson's finding are grounded on his personal dislike of Microsoft. The writer provides this summary: "The antitrust experts say that Jackson's finding of monopoly power -- a crucial first step to winning an antitrust case, but not a violation on its own -- seems unshakable. They also say that the findings do seem to establish that some of Microsoft's contracts with computer makers like Compaq and with Internet service providers like America Online were exclusionary, by unfairly limiting the distribution, promotion and use of competing software." [my emph.] The most damning statement is this one from a George Washington U professor: "But the issue for review with whether those elegant statements are made more by way of assertion than being grounded in the evidence," he said. "I do think that is open to question." Or perhaps this one: "To say there is no pro-competitive effect of integrating the browser and the operating system is an extreme position because of the appeals court's earlier decision," said Andrew Gavil, a Howard University law professor. "That finding is a live target on appeal." And even that last statement is open to question since Jackson does admit at least some limited pro-competitive effect from the integration.

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