. . .And lest you think I am alone in my maniacal insanity, there's this little hum-dinger from a News article on the trial from ZD Net:
More than one reader has suggested that Microsoft may be aiming to intentionally throw the trial at this point, marshaling its resources at this point towards its planned appeal(s). I'm skeptical, but I have no better theories to suggest.
zdnet.com
And, just to add more fuel to the fire, here's a good point she makes about Microsoft's PR:
Microsoft seemed genuinely to believe, as late as December, that it would have a chance to avenge itself for all the "lies" told by the government witnesses once it started calling its own defendants. At least that's what its executives told its partners and even its own managers.
Now, we know that Microsoft can down-play a trial if it wants. Compare the comments of the lawyer handling the Sun Java suit with Neukom's bombastic comments after the Sacred Court of Appeals Decision came down and the whole, high-profile, we're gonna blow their socks off PR spin Microsoft put on this case before it went to trial.
Then came the big let-down which, when you think about it, should have been foreseeable, given the "in-house" quality of their witness list.
So, what do you think? Is my theory mad, or what? |
