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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 491.12+1.7%3:59 PM EST
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To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (34890)11/28/1999 5:07:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd  Read Replies (1) of 74651
 
AB: This has been posted and discussed at some length and detail in the past (2 weeks ago). Actually the SC would likely return it to the District Court where the tortuous battle would recommence. This is no sure fire benefit to anybody especially the DOJ who you might think would benefit by expeditious handling. Why would this be bad for MSFT? The theory goes that if the Appeals Court were avoided Jackson's chances of being overturned would be lessened. This presumes that the Supreme Court will not be able to see this case with the same clarity as the feared Appeals Court would. DOJ has no case the only harm shown to date is that mythical harm to the consumer who has been deprived of a yet undreamt of software O/S or application. In fact when you think of it it is even hard to show economic harm to the competitors who instigated this case.

The SC will undoubtedly throw this bucket of doo doo back to the court from whence it came for cleansing and MSFT will take the cleansed version of JJ's opinion through the ladders of appeal and stretch this thing out until the inquisitors have been removed by the electorate unless the case is overturned sooner in the Appellate Court. JFD
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