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To: PMS Witch who wrote (11880)	10/28/1998 11:34:00 AM
From: Bearded One	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Microsoft lost bigtime to STAC, for $120 million. They got about $4 million back in a countersuit. Microsoft also had to give up their buyout of Intuit-- that wasn't a real lawsuit, but a legal challenge on which they capitulated. Microsoft also seems to have lost a lawsuit by their temporary workers over compensation, though I'm unaware of the details of that. So yes, Microsoft does lose lawsuits. And it looks to me like they've already lost this one. Ed, your strange interpretation of Dan Rosen's email won't wash. The email was specifically in relation to the June 21, 1995 meeting. Thus, the quote "Move Netscape out of Win32" was presumptively relating to the meeting, and corroborates Marc Andreeson's notes and Barksdale's testimony. You don't even have to be a monopoly to violate the Sherman act by dividing a market. I don't see how Microsoft is going to get out of this one. Unless Microsoft refutes this claim in a very strong way, they've already lost the case.

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