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To: rudedog who wrote (28292)	2/25/2000 4:04:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

rudedog, When it comes to the computer industry, I don't trust the courts either. I agreee that what seems fair and what is legal can be (and often is) separate and unequal values. I know a guy I used to work for who flat-out copied a patented sort and inserted it right into his code. He figured no one would find out & even if they did, so what??? He would cross that bridge when he came to it. In the meantime, he had software to sell and customers to take care of. For software, IP protection is a complete and total joke. Because the legal system is so inadequate, everyone in the business has to be a cowboy to survive. Ridiculous! cheers, cherylw

To: rudedog who wrote (28292)	2/25/2000 6:44:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

...assumption that the current desktop product is just the next generation of that product, and ought to be considered for similar remedies. But my sense is that the law does not work that way. Well, it wasn't the product that was on trial. It was the company. They have been found to be a monopoly engaging in activity described under antitrust law as illegal and Satanic. Judge PJ has wide latitude of remedy. I don't think an appeals court would even consider an argument that a 'product' should be exempt from a remedy, particularly when it's just an order to publish. BTW, I'm sorry for associating you in any way with M$ attorney. -JCJ