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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (52432)	10/30/2000 4:55:11 PM
From: TTOSBT	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Re: " What is the catalyst for a settlement? " IMO MSFT wanted to settle all along probably to get on with their future but didn't want to get snared in the competitive and governments legal traps. Ballmer's memo to employee stated they were going further then the law allowed if I remember correctly? The states, Klein or both muffed it all as they had TPJ in their pockets and wanted to crush softy for fears of what we are now seeing happen -great .net expansion in all areas. I think JOHND has it correct. We have yet to see their potential. McNealy just doesn't have the capacity to meet it. AOL is heading there but softy just has to re-jig their existing products -tremendous! A settlement would give them instant success without any unknown factors to overcome. A bird in the hand IMO. George Bush picked Michael Dell on his technical team a pure wintel win. McNealy/Case/Ellison future's will suffer for sure under Bush IMO. TTOSBT P.S. If it were the people vs msft that would have been different. But it looked more like the greed of a few competitors (at the people's expense) vs msft. I heard negative comments from people who never owned a PC and who never will against the DOJ.

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