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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (23981)	5/31/2000 10:36:00 AM
From: Harvey Allen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

The question legal scholars are asking is whether he'll order Microsoft broken into three companies. Two industry groups made up largely of Microsoft competitors argued for a three-way split in a friend-of-the-court brief. "He has the discretion to do that," said William Kovacic, an antitrust expert at the George Washington University School of Law. "He's got a handful of legal briefs by outsiders. . . . That is a very thin basis on which to launch the reorganization of Microsoft. But he seems to think it's sufficient. And it would not surprise me if he modifies the government's proposal and plugs in that measure." What would make that unusual is that government lawyers actually argued against it. David Boies, who argued the government's case in court, appeared taken aback last Wednesday when the judge asked why the plaintiffs were not seeking a three-way breakup. "First, we believe that that reorganization would have a much more disruptive, time-consuming effect," Boies said. "Second, we believe (the government's plan) directly met the case that was before the court." seattletimes.nwsource.com