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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Teflon who wrote (28035)	8/9/1999 3:22:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

And another story on the subject. This one emphasizes that these filings are unlikely to present any new twists. Unless one side or another has messed up badly in the filings, it should be business as usual. Microsoft trial: Both sides ready to present the `facts' seattletimes.com Excerpts: Don't expect too many surprises tomorrow when Microsoft and the federal government file papers in the landmark antitrust lawsuit accusing the company of illegal monopoly behavior. ... Though the filings are supposed to cite only facts, they tend to focus on each side's interpretation. ... ... Each side will have a month to review the opposition's work and then revise its own version of events. On Sept. 21, both sides return to court to try to persuade Jackson to adopt their findings as his own. Jackson could file his findings of fact as early as October. ... Microsoft's filing runs more than 400 pages and will likely focus on the strongest pieces of its case: the benefits of integrating the Internet Explorer browser into the Windows operating system, the absence of consumer harm from doing so, and Netscape's continued ability to distribute its browser to consumers. Microsoft also probably will spend some time addressing the most damaging government allegations: that it targeted Netscape, offered to divide the browser market and, failing that, sought to crush the upstart company. Microsoft cites internal e-mail and testimony from its executives to bolster its argument that the only fact proved is that the company is a fierce competitor in a dynamic market.