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To: J Krnjeu who wrote (19520)	4/1/1999 9:11:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) of 74651

That statement is not correct. Well... Yes it is. The '95 consent decree concerned MS-DOS monopoly and licensing. (It is the same issue upon which the smoldering Caldera suit will be tried.) It came after a long investigation by the FTC, in which they decided not to take action. DOJ filed antitrust charges, but was widely seen to have backed down (under Administration pressure, some said). Not the least of those who thought Justice had caved was the judge in the case, Sporkin (or something similar). He tried, unsuccessfully, to dismiss the consent decree. The charges that resulted in this case started to be aired within a year of that consent decree. You seem to be referring to the requested preliminary injunction in the current case. That injunction was denied by the appellate court, but we shouldn't read too much into that. DOJ still uses the tying issue as one of the fundamental charges in this case. It is simply approaching it in a different manner. Since the appeals court effectively negated the easiest form of relief, the government is left with fewer options and must seek more significant changes.

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