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To: GST who wrote (40833)	4/3/2000 7:34:00 PM
From: Michael Young	Read Replies (4) of 74651

Just read the conclusions of law. Section II, para A is very interesting. It deals with MSFT "tying" Internet Explorer with Windows. The Judge acknowledges that the DC Circuit has ruled [147 F.3d 935 (D.C. Cir 1998)] that MSFT should be free to decide what enhancements should be made to a software product (Windows), free from government oversight. Yet he disagrees with the Court of Appeals, citing some older Supreme Court cases. The Judge said that consumers were "harmed" despite the fact that MSFT did not charge for IE. He also found that there was a consumer demand for an operating system which did not include a browser. It is apparent that Judge Jackson and the DC Circuit have divergent views on this issue. MIKE

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