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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (35908)	5/25/2000 6:16:00 PM
From: SmoothSail	Respond to of 63513

Actually, I agree with you. It wasn't the idea of the DOJ to bring this lawsuit in the beginning. It was MSFT's competitors putting the arm on their state's attorney generals and it progressed from there. Then all the egos jumped into the pile. Joe Klein now has a name and will be remembered in history. Same thing with the judge - remember the judge who broke up AT&T - his name was in the papers for years and is in the books of every law school. Gates was naive and quite arrogant in thinking that he didn't have to contribute to the coffers of politicians who might have come to his defense. So he, along with the market are going to suffer. Remember, this all started when MSFT was up around 110 and the DOJ made that announcement. MSFT started plummeting and the rest of the market followed. Plus all that other flak from the Fed. And a bunch of other stuff too.