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To: johnd who wrote (45798)	6/1/2000 3:10:00 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

IMHO, Microsoft needs to be careful what they ask for, lest they get it. The "valid points" probably relate to tightening up definitions, etc. Once those are fixed, there will be even less to raise on appeal. Of course, that's JMHO, and not a legal opinion or any kind of investment advice.

To: johnd who wrote (45798)	6/1/2000 3:30:00 PM
From: pagejack	Respond to of 74651

IMHO, one needs to keep the "big picture" before them when considering the current day-to-day developments of the MS trial. I sincerely believe that this is exactly what Judge Jackson was doing when he refused to allow a evidentiary hearing on the remedy portion of the trial. The "big picture" is whether or not MS violated the Sherman Anti-trust Act. Only if that verdict is upheld will the remedy become relevant. IMHO, Judge Jackson realizes that a trial of this complexity is (at best) extremely unlikely to survive appellate review entirely unscathed - most likely a limited remand of on one issue or the other will occur. Thus even if the gov't ultimately prevails on appeal, it could easily be 12 to 18 months before an appeals court would turn its attention to the remedy issues. I believe it very likely that, even if Judge Jackson took evidence on the remedy in June, 2000, that a reviewing court in 2002 would want additional (then state of the industry) testimony on the appropriate remedies following the cycle of review/remand and further review. That is why Judge Jackson is pushing this case forward to review ASAP. What he is doing now, IMHO, is largely symbolic and he expects that he (or another judge if he is dead/retired) will be in a better position to determine the appropriate remedy than he is in June, 2000.

To: johnd who wrote (45798)	6/1/2000 5:59:00 PM
From: mozek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Very interesting... IBM supports Microsoft developed, open XML communications protocol by donating implementation to Apache. Maybe they've all been reading Fred's posts :-) news.cnet.com Before I get a lot of questions about why I claim Microsoft developed it, just click on the link to its definition in the article. Mike