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To: ed who wrote (28030)	8/9/1999 2:10:00 AM
From: Gerald Walls	Respond to of 74651

Can Microsoft file a billion $ claim against the DOJ for any kinds of damage as a result of this funny case ? Ha ha! No. Your tax dollars at work. You can bet if we ever do get "loser pays" in this country that the government will exempt itself from any liability for all the cases it files "for the public good."

To: ed who wrote (28030)	8/9/1999 9:50:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

ed: No they cannot. That is really what was so diabolically clever about MSFT's competitor J.Barksdales spending all that time lobbying in Washington. No legal cost for AOL,NSCP,SUNW etc and no recourse if they lose. The txpayer funded the case for MSFT's competitors and MSFT shareholders had to bear the cost of the defense. When the gov't loses they will just walk away and Davey boy will be paid with taxpayer money. It is really disgusting and may usher in an entirely new way of industrial competition making us look more like a communist country than those we have defeated. JFD