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To: Harvey Allen who wrote (23661)11/23/1999 9:56:00 AM
From: Reginald Middleton  Respond to of 24154
 
Actually, Nixon brought the Nixon presidency to an end.



To: Harvey Allen who wrote (23661)11/23/1999 11:18:00 AM
From: Gerald R. Lampton  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 24154
 
Call for Mediator in Microsoft Case Linked to State-U.S. Lawyers Split

latimes.com

A federal judge who brought an outside mediator into the Microsoft Corp. antitrust trial was "partly motivated" by what he called "disturbing reports" of a potential split between the federal and state lawyers in the case, according to a court transcript released Monday.
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The states are believed to favor more aggressive remedies than the Justice Department, though neither group has come to any formal conclusions. Many state attorneys on the case already have decided to push for sanctions that would strip Microsoft of its dominance in computer operating systems, either through a breakup or by forcing the firm to share the secret code that constitutes its Windows software, according to sources familiar with the states' legal strategy.


When you use the antitrust laws against a natural monopoly, these are the kinds of problems you run into.