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To: Keith Howells who wrote (7342)	5/17/1998 10:10:00 AM
From: Bill Fischofer	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Well, this is all playing out in MSFT's favor A lawsuit will be filed and Win98 will be long shipped before the first rounds of preliminary motion-filing have gotten under way. The disconnect between "Internet time" (the innovation cycle that MSFT and others in the industry operate under) and "Court time" (the ponderous process of the legal machinery which exists precisely to prevent this sort of lynch-mob mentality from having its way) will become manifestly obvious within a year as DoJ lawyers increasingly find themselves arguing points about products that no longer have any relevance to the then-current marketplace. The suit will take on a life of its own, providing lucrative career opportunities for many lawyers on both sides (and journalists who will cover it) but will ultimately collapse of its own irrelevance. It took DoJ 13 years to realize this with their ill-considered IBM antitrust suit. I'm hopeful this one won't survive the Clinton administration's passing.

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