DOJ will be shown to not have a clue about software, msft will make a small concession or two, and that'll be it.
Man, you just don't get it, do you? All you Microsoft lovers think that with a little concession here, a little PR there, this whole, big nightmare is going to go away.
I've got news for you. This isn't like crushing Novell, or pulling the wool over DOJ's eyes with some too clever by a half Consent Decree. This is the Real Thing. Microsoft is in a fight for its life, and making concessions of the kind it has made will only make it easier for their opponents to move to the next step. The regulators are after blood, and they're not going to stop until they have Chairman Bill's scalp and the company in pieces.
Check out this excerpt from the Netscape PR Newswire release today:
Netscape applauds the U.S. Department of Justice, the State Attorneys General and the District of Columbia for today taking action which marks the initial step in loosening the chokehold the Microsoft monopoly has on the computer industry. This initial step will begin to enable consumers to have a fair choice of products that can compete in the marketplace on their own merits. We believe government investigators have examined the case thoroughly and
would not have brought action against Microsoft unless their investigations had uncovered serious violations of the law.
Did you catch that bolded part? They said this is just the "initial step," the beginning in a long, drawn out process of first reigning Microsoft in with a bunch of regulations, then cutting it down to size.
Then there's this choice cut from Senator Hatch, your good buddy on the Judiciary Committee:
"As industry people are willing to testify and tell how they have
been treated, I have no doubt their case will become broader," Hatch
said at a news conference.
That's right: "I have no doubt their case will become broader."
Cut the propaganda BS and get a real strategy if you want your beloved Microsoft to survive this. |
