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To: Valley Girl who wrote (42618)	4/20/2000 11:19:00 AM
From: johnd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Despite how impossible it looks MSFT could close at 85 today, today being option expiration and earnings at the same time.

To: Valley Girl who wrote (42618)	4/20/2000 11:23:00 AM
From: werefrog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

VG:"MSFT lost this case" Good point. INTC, IBM, and add AAPL to the list, all beat earnings and fell about 10 points and they don't have the DOJ problems MSFT has. These stocks could be a tell for msft's stock performance afterhours today, one thing in msft's favor, these stocks were already up pretty good and since msft is already depressed, maybe it won't take such a big hit. JH

To: Valley Girl who wrote (42618)	4/20/2000 11:25:00 AM
From: Insitu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

The private suits are likely to seek damages a lot higher than $7 billion. And what about the DOJ? The choices seem to be (a) a breakup, which I don't think is very likely (b) government tinkering in "innovation" as BG likes to say (someone telling MSFT what can or can't be added to every product) or (c) a massive fine that will serve as a disincentive to violate the law again. I'll start the bidding at $100 billion. Is that too high? Too low?

To: Valley Girl who wrote (42618)	4/20/2000 12:20:00 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Respond to of 74651

Part and parcel of the modus operandi of the Government appears to be a reliance and in fact, encouragement that collateral attacks on the defendant will weaken the defendant and promote a win-at-all-costs attitude on the part of the prosecution. Witness, the press leaks, the meetings with European antitrust authorities, the close contact with competitors, the very encouragement of the State's coattails prosecution, (sort of a modern day posse commitatas) by the DOJ, and possibly aid to various civil litigants against the defendant. IF, and I say, IF, the DOJ case settles, then the momentum for a lot of these collateral attacks will of it own nature, subside. IF, the case does not settle, then without the endless resources of the Federal Government, each individual case may have to stand on its own. The Jackson opinion intertwines 'facts' with anti trust law to establish a violation of the law, and unless the plaintiff will be IBM or Netscape, very little reliance might be placed on this decision. Intergalactic Digital Research, the only other PC operating system competitor, has already settled. Apple can't use the facts, because the Jackson ruling has stated that they are not part of the 'universe', same with unix, linux, and cobal. Possibly a vendor that markets Assembler has a shot. :))) But, given the crux of the DOJ argument, that we don't like what happened, therefore there must be a law against it, nobody can say what will happen, for sure. Duke Do not rely, do your own DD.