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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (31578)	11/3/1999 5:53:00 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 74651

Perhaps, I should have just excerpted the initial paragraph "This Friday, after the markets close, US District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson is generally expected to issue his ``proposed findings of fact' in the government antitrust case against Microsoft Corp., the great case of the 1990s. The Government Printing Office has created a special site for viewing the lengthy document ..." I wasn't claiming the article as a viewpoint or else I would have added my own opinions.

To: John F. Dowd who wrote (31578)	11/3/1999 9:32:00 PM
From: Roger	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 74651

Come on MSFT - Settle the Damn Case Already so we can go on from here. This cloud that has been hanging over this stock has literally choked the damn thing. I am surprised with all the supposed brains that are working up in Redmond - cant you guys see that settling and hopefully getting off with a rap on on your knuckles would be good thing here? Look at your competition - SUNW seems to be having the Inet squared away for lunch, ORCL is flying high touting itself as a B2B play, AOL is well AOL. Where the heck does this leave MSFT? Come up with good earnings, upbeat forecast and stock goes nowhere. I am not terribly happy with the way this case has been handled by MSFT. Besides the billions these guys have at stake what about the poor shareholder and his return on the stock this year? Have not done much due to the DOJ case. Arent these guys getting pressure from shareholders and institutuions to settle and get on? Or are they so mightily perched with their sense of invincibility, that they cant seem to see what damage this is doing to MSFT and its name?

To: John F. Dowd who wrote (31578)	11/4/1999 12:46:00 AM
From: Michael Kucera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

re: If he rules against MSFT he can say all he wants about Gates' credibility but the gov't must still prove harm to the consumer. On top of that AOL and SUNW have done quite well since they went crying to the DOJ so where is even the harm to them. Please explain. Exactly. EVERYBODY except the DOJ lawyers and judge jacka$% can clearly see this. Somethiing else is driving this trial. I was hoping for a last-minute settlement but msft either feels strongly they will prevail or has too much to lose in a settlement as well. They have surely miscalculated the effect this has on the stock price and it would be a shame to see it break down from here and revisit 80 AGAIN it has not been acting like a gorilla lately--more like a chimp like novl or cpq.