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To: RTev who wrote (34015)	11/15/1999 6:30:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

RTev: It is amazing that we can be "silly" when this bozo judge is costing myself and others 10's to 100's of thousands of dollars per day and more because he defines a monopoly in the narrowest of terms. He will be overturned on this aspect right off the bat. As big as it is the desk top is just a "niche'" in the overall software market and according to MSFT's detractor/accusers it is a declining one at that. This will be overturned! Clark came to MSFT first and proposed a buy-out. A fact disregarded by the judge. SunW - What are they doing here? They are already suing in an area where they have a real interest. What "others", AOL who wanted just a little fairer treatment than its competitors. AOL who is run by a guy who thinks the courts and not the market should decide things when things don't go their way. Conspicuous by its absence is your mention of the word "consumers" or does that crucial word come under the heading of others. This judges decision is so flawed that he contradicts himself again and again in his ruling on the "FofF". Can't benefit and harm the consumer at the same time. Can't lower prices and abuse the consumer at the same time. Can't add functionality and abuse the consumer at the same time. And on and on. MSFT can give away the Win98 code to the competition and tomorrow the will come out with W2K and pull the plug on the "competition". This is all insanity and I give MSFT shareholders the prize for civility in that they maintained a sense of humor while this outrageous attack on their pocket books is undertaken by a thief called DOJ. The only thing abut Jackson that I am confident in is that he is in my opinion a spiteful old fool who has brought a lot of prior baggage (prior embarrassing reversals) with him into this case. His vane,obnoxious and totally one sided behavior during the trial should be enough for this decision to be rejected out of hand. In fact if I were the MSFT attorneys I would ask for a mental exam of the judge as the first step in appealing this decision. You may not know North from South but this guy has trouble with up and down - right and wrong. Such flaws do not commend one to be an arbiter of matters of this magnitude and moment. I hate to be so mealy mouthed and equivocal but hey..... JFD