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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (33912)	11/14/1999 10:52:00 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Re: Would the Dept. of Justice agree to a consent decree? Everything costs money and time. DOJ has a limited budget and limited staff. The President, moreover, has a history of making compromises, over and above any principles. A consent decree with the proper safeguards, as pointed out in the latest issue of The Economist (their lead article, incidentally) could be as effective as most any other remedy and would cost the government much, much less. As far as monetary damages go, that's for the various parties to consider in the form of individual suits. A consent decree would not necessarily preclude states and foreign governments, in addition to individual companies, from pursuing other remedies. But it would be more difficult for Microsoft to defend against separate damage suits if the court finds against them on the facts AND the law. So far, the only finding is on the facts, and that's bad enough. As I've noted in earlier comments, the only reason for refusing to come to an out-of-court settlement is ego.

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