Addi, I hope you and family had a great Thanksgiving. We have a small amount of snow and ice on the ground here (suburban Boston). Thanksgiving morning it was 30 degrees with winds gusting to 55 mph. Brrrrrr! It made for an interesting Thanksgiving morning with the hundreds of traditional high school football games that kick-off at 10:00 AM EST.
In the last week, MSFT has settled, I believe, two lawsuits. One with the European Union, which involved only one company (I think) and one with a company in the Seattle area (again, I think).
1. It seems that MSFT has kept a low profile over the last week or two regarding both the DOJ and SUNW lawsuits.
2. MSFT's 'day-in-court' with the DOJ starts this Friday, December 5.
3. I would bet that there are huge "goings-on" behind-the-scene within and between MSFT, the DOJ and possibly even SUNW.
I may be wrong in my analysis, but it seems that the 'general concensus' in the business and technical press is that MSFT is clearly in the wrong in both cases. Not that the press decides legal cases, but IF Bill Gates and MSFT management see it the same way (despite what they say in public), then I would not be surprised to see a negotiated settlement announced prior to Friday in one or even both cases.
What do you think, Addi? What do others on this thread think? What do you think, Twister.
Regards to all.
high-tech east. Ken Wilson |
