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To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (19855)	6/2/1998 2:16:00 PM
From: Alan Buckley	Read Replies (3) of 24154

[Measured by outcomes, I would say Microsoft's legal strategy has been about as effective as can be expected -- maybe better.] I agree. The AAPL "look and feel" case is the biggest handled by the MSFT lawyers to date. In that one, MSFT's strategy was to "refuse to try the case in the press" (Neukom speaking) and to slowly and methodically narrow the case. By the time they got to the Supreme Court there were only a handful of icons still in question, and AAPL looked weak for bringing the suit at all. I've read comments from John Sculley, AAPLs CEO at the time, that interpret the events along these lines as well. Seems to me that's exactly what they are doing here. They got the DOJ to state in court that it's the icon, not the code, that they want removed. I think that's a weak position. They got that little clause about "and successor systems" lopped off the consent decree ruling. The whole consent decree thing is now pretty much moot. Who cares what the rules are for Windows 95? If MSFT wins in court, their PR problems will disappear. How much "look and feel" complaining is there today?

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