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To: SC who wrote (38581)	2/25/2000 10:25:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (1) of 74651

SC and All: Although Jackson has his mind made up he will have to do some real finagling to put his decision in legal parlance using case law to justify coming down against MSFT.There has been no tying and the copyright argument is a good one not to mention that the natural monopoly held by MSFT is one borne of internal development and not buying up the competition. Competition has been promoted and the consumer has been served. Once he figures out how to turn his cow's ear into a silk purse through some convoluted reasoning we will see his "verdict". HOWEVER I think he will take his time as that is the greatest penalty he can inflict on MSFT which he hates with a passion. This will also give DOJ/MSFT more time to rescue him from further Appellate overturn and embarrassment which is a certainty. I say he takes his own sweet time. A quick decision would have to either ignore the facts or see that case law is on the side of MSFT. I think he fears doing the former and cannot bring himself to do the latter because of his pique against MSFT. JFD

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