More piling on:
zdnet.com
Isn't it funny how whichever side is putting on its case at the moment is the side everyone thinks is losing? Is there a message in that? ;)
It does seem, though, that Microsoft's defense is going especially badly, and a new consensus is emerging about the prospects for the outcome. And we are finally seeing some serious re-examination of that sacred cow Court of Appeals Opinion that is supposed to save Microsoft's behind. All I can say is, it's about time.
However, if the old consensus, that Microsoft need only rely on its sacred Court of Appeal Opinion and has the case in the bag, was way too optimistic, the new emerging consensus, that, to quote the former head of the ABA Section on Antitrust, "Microsoft is doomed," is, I think, too pessimistic. Who knows, all this hand-wringing might even get them to rethink their legal strategy and come up with something better.
This shifting of the perceptions of the trial is all part of the ebb and flow of litigation, albeit, from Microsoft's perspective, things are ebbing when they should be flowing, and vice versa. |
