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To: tiquer who wrote (30653)	4/13/2000 4:24:00 PM
From: Jean M. Gauthier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

No they didn't ! Case Closed ! Everything that maniac Penfield Jackson has come up with, will be overturned on appeal ! Nothing MSFT did was illegal ! 1-link browser to OS ... Big deal ! 2- sweetheart deals to business allies, why not ? Do you want the governement to regulate business partnerships now ? 3- threaten competitors with , god forbid, competition ? Wow, what a novel concept ! 4- MSFT harmed competitors.. I say ... Good ! That's illegal now ? 5- no wonder sentiment in the market changed ! The government is overreaching to apply antitrust law to MSFT's actions! Anyway, that's it. I have my opinion, you have yours... But we are both $ 30 less on on SUN stock since that decision ! I hope you are happy... BFN take care Jean

To: tiquer who wrote (30653)	4/13/2000 4:31:00 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

tiquer - re: THEY BROKE THE FRIGGIN LAW!!!! It is exactly this kind of silly black and white analysis that makes it hard to blow the smoke off the battlefield and see what's really going on. Judge Jackson determined that MSFT contract practices were not coercive or exclusionary - the DOJ lost that one. So on the base case of contract law, MSFT is not guilty - ie did not break the friggin law. The "law" that MSFT broke according to Jackson is the Sherman anti-trust law. The finding depends on the notion that MSFT had a monopoly. The same practices which are illegal for a monopoly are just fine for someone who is not a monopoly. So all of the "holier than thou" stuff needs to be toned down - if SUNW were found to be a monopoly, their business practices would probably be illegal too.

To: tiquer who wrote (30653)	4/13/2000 4:38:00 PM
From: luther yow	Respond to of 64865

tiquer, Refer to what jean said, Me too. And I love SUNW! Luther

To: tiquer who wrote (30653)	4/13/2000 6:30:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Roger, RE:"THEY BROKE THE FRIGGIN LAW!!!! CASE CLOSED!!!" It's really not that simple. You must remember how the law works. I think the point is not whether Microsoft broke the law but that the Washington Lawyers and States attorney generals have gained a bigger foothold in the high tech sector...and are out for money. If that's not enough to push a market of the cliff I don't know what is. So who do they target next and how many targets will it take to push the NASDAQ back to 1000?