To: t2 who wrote (28136 ) 8/12/1999 10:51:00 PM From: RTev Read Replies (1) | Respond to
I thought they can still submit written evidence as well as oral arguments. evidence without going through a complicated procedure that would delay the decision. The evidence they must work with now in their written and oral arguments has been submitted.believes that it has in evidence all that it needs to win its case. Virtually everyone on this thread who has recently predicted the outcome (and I haven't), has said that Microsoft will win based on the evidence submitted. Their lawyers seem to think so too, so I don't think they'd want to reopen the trial for a new marketing study or anything else.The DOJ has basically told PC makers and others that you don't have to align yourself with MSFT and only MSFT. In this way, the government has won on a short term basis. Longer term (with launch of Windows2k), that is a different story. alleged to have happened before the case was filed seem to have (allegedly, of course) stopped once the case was under way. It may be a coincidence that several Intel box makers started offering Linux systems during the trial, but then again, maybe not.
