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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (38350)	2/22/2000 10:06:00 PM
From: djia101362	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

JFD, if that is case then as MSFT shareholders could we be looking at subpar returns for years to come? Regardless of how Jackson rules, this case has appeals/Supreme Court writting all over it. Will Wall Street ever value MSFT fairly until this mess is cleared up?

To: John F. Dowd who wrote (38350)	2/22/2000 10:17:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Apparently MS has now enacted a mandatory registration of Office 2000 or any of it's components inc. Frontpage. If you don't want to register it you get 50 uses and then it quits unless you register. I called. They ask for a software code and a serial number and give you a confirmation code. You can just register over the net too. Apparently, they tried this is Australia and decided to impliment in the US and who knows where. Also there is a number in the software that doesn't copy if you burn a CD or download it over the net (not sure how that works unless they figure someone would copy it to the server first). Hence you can't register it. This to prevent large scale copy and fake labeling. Needless, to say the person on the other end of the phone said about half the people calling in were POed big time. I suppose because they don't like to register a program they just bought if they don't want to. MS doesn't even want your name. What I'm wondering is whether there is some kind of watermark being put on all Office documents? I can understand MS's anti-piracy concerns but mandatory registration is no going to go over well

To: John F. Dowd who wrote (38350)	2/23/2000 12:17:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

JFD: djia101362 asked, " Is there any type of Appeals process for the DOJ/AGs?" You responded: "jia101362 : They can Appeal. In fact they can leap to the Supreme Court and avoid the unfriendly Appellate Court.JFD" Wouldn't that be double jeopardy? Do Constitution rights apply to corporations? We know it will ultimately come down to $$$ in government pockets, not in the pockets of the supposedly harmed consumers. So if the 19 state AGs and the DOJ can hound MSFT until they are satisfied with their "fair share" of any settlement, then Microsoft may as well pull out of the settlement talks right now, and resolve themselves to take advantage of every appeal available to them; i.e. just sit on their hands until they have a chance to be heard by a judge who has not pre-determined his verdict.