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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: abbigail who wrote (40456)	4/2/2000 9:35:00 PM
From: Marvin Mansky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Abigail, you might want to take cover. Read my post on long puts and short calls. This is a way IMO that you can protect your position. Are you aware of these techniques?

To: abbigail who wrote (40456)	4/2/2000 9:45:00 PM
From: t2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Microsoft plans to appeal on procedural and legal grounds. The procedural part is what could kill any adverse ruling against MSFT by Judge Jackson. It will give the appeals court a reason to throw out the established facts! Then it would be back to Jackson for another trial! I have always wondered about the 12 witness limit and why the news media does not talk about an appeal on procedural basis. Remember IBM had set a precedent for being allowed to present their full defense. MSFT has been prevented in presenting its defense properly and a proper trial could be ordered. That may cancel out the fact finding advantage that the government currently has. Yes, MICROSOFT WINS!!!! No wonder they decided to not give into some ridiculous settlement deal that would have hurt them down the road. Here is a part of the full story below: In any case, Microsoft has made it clear it intends to appeal both on procedural and legal grounds. Company lawyers long have complained that Jackson put the complex antitrust case on an overly fast track, limiting each side to only 12 witnesses, for example, even as the case expanded beyond the scope of the government?s initial complaint about alleged ?tying? of the Internet Explorer browser to the Windows operating system. ?It?s our understanding that there is plenty of basis for appeal in this case,? Epifanio said. msnbc.com