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To: Big Kahuna who wrote (10464)	9/2/1998 12:54:00 PM
From: mrknowitall	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Big K - re: the suit. I think the primary purpose of the suit is to warn MSFT that there really is a government out there and they should pay more attention to it. At least a portion of the reasoning is that there are those who really have lost millions of dollars in competition with MSFT and they are clamoring for their version of justice. Don't discount Senator Hatch's power to push the DOJ into doing things. Another portion has to be the fact that someone at the DOJ and the AG's offices is seeing the horses running around outside the barn, and they feel that they have to take some kind of visible action for political reasons. The biggest impact of all of this will be as a result the general public's fascination with gossip. Look what broad-based consumer gossip cost Proctor and Gamble! The second biggest impact will probably be the costs associated with the ongoing defense. This is going to cost a lot over time, but not enough to depress earnings beyond the normal pattern, IMO.

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