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To: LindyBill who wrote (20309)	4/11/1999 9:40:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Entertaining article. Thanks for the link. It's true that Microsoft doesn't seem to share the Randy view of the world. Consider just this: while this trial proceeded, Microsoft itself appealed to the DOJ to file an antitrust suit against the airlines for their web pricing methods that interfere with Expedia.com. Here's a different and less ideological view of what's gone wrong at the trial: Trial and Error forbes.com No wonder the Redmond, Wash. software giant is talking settlement. It surely dreads resuming its near-daily spanking at the hands of David Boies, lead prosecutor for the Department of Justice. But unless Microsoft can come up with a serious settlement offer, the trial resumes as early as mid-April—thrusting Microsoft back into the line of fire. It would reopen the biggest question raised in four months of courtroom antics: How could a company so smart at everything else be so stupid in court? ... Intel Corp., Microsoft's cool-tempered ally, recently settled its own antitrust case with the FTC. It suffered nary a scratch. Microsoft apparently hopes to do the same. Two words for that: fat chance.

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