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To: rudedog who wrote (71264)11/8/1999 10:10:00 AM
From: rupert1  Respond to of 97611
 
rudeog: The BBC rolled out an expert to comment on MSFT this morning. Verdict: if the principle of the ruling survives within US jurisprudence it will have momentus negative consequences for US industry, as a whole. The ruling will not have the support of the White House or of the legislature.

The consequences for MSFT will probably be (a) a relatively small fine $10 to $100 million (b) behind the scenes agreements that MSFT will be a good boy in future.