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To: Jon Stept who wrote (38516)	2/24/2000 10:18:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Respond to of 74651

Jon Stept: I have been following the proceedings assiduously and have been amazed at the kangaroo court being held by Jackson. His behavior alone would be enough to toss the case out. His antipathy towards MSFT and its legal representatives is so manifest it is a wonder that he did not recuse himself. I think the only way the judge can save himself is to vehemently insist that MSFT open its API's (which are already open) to all developers at the same time as per Lessig's suggestion. I think that this might even satisfy the DOJ but not the greedy little states who think they have another tobacco windfall on their hands and whose AG's hope to gain political currency from all this. In presenting his final arguments the lead prosecutor DeBoise had to be led by the judge. I would recommend that you read the brief of the Friend of the Court from MSFT's side as well. It is odd that we have not seen Lessig's brief for the other side. I suspect it is not very damning or the judge would have released it. The great thing about MSFT's position is that Gates is the bigges stake holder and Ballmer is a large one as well whereas the States and the DOJ have nothing at stake. SUNW et al have invested very little and now that W2K is out they might as well initiate another bogus suit while they still have a cooperative DOJ. JFD