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To: Harry Sharp who wrote (15635)	2/7/1999 2:15:00 PM
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Harry, Generally news releases hit other news services like RTN, DJ etc. So far I have not seen any. If some person familiar with the case makes a comment, it could just be a tactic to "scare" MSFT to settle now or to set a starting point. Think about this. If a company acted improperly in the past, why would a break up be the solution. A good solution is a big fine and a warning to not do it again. Remember this whole case surrounds the browser inclusion into Windows. There are other operating systems--like Apple. Microsoft is going to argue that it is not a monopoly---and this issue will hit the supreme court no matter what judge Jackson thinks of the witnesses. It will be a long time before we get closure in this case. Jackson might try to push it straight to the supreme court (remember that story--unless you think I am imagining it ) but the supreme court may send it back to be argued at the the appeals court level. Considering AOL/Netscape deal, forget about fast tracking. Any remedy will have to consider the current market conditions---don't like windows? Buy an I-Mac or get Linux. This is why the remedy stage is going to be a big letdown for all the MSFT haters. It also gives judge jackson the opportunity to appear unbiased (assuming he rules against MSFT). BTW--I read all news story on MSFT (have done so for about 1 year)but don't get print outs. Have a tendency to forget some facts-- but I remember the important points. The government's real interest is to get the public to hate MSFT so that competitive products will do better. This is what the competition wants. They are having about as much luck as the Republicans against Clinton.

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