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To: BBG who wrote (46477)	6/12/2000 2:24:00 PM
From: Lipko	Respond to of 74651

BBG - Bill Gates has always been aggressive, bordering on arrogance; that's largely how Msft came to be. In his defense, he and his advisors were entitled to rely on the Court of Appeals' prior decision that bundling was permissible if there was a valid business reason. Do any of us doubt that there was, and with each addition continues to be, for at least large numbers of users? I believe that Judge Jackson is at least as arrogant as Gates, if not more so. How else do you explain his many actions, some of which could well be reversible error, his flaunting of the Court of Appeals language, telling them they didn't know how to interpret the case law, his continuous permissions to the DOJ to expand the case at every point, his refusal to permit Microsoft to attempt to rebut the economic soundness of some kind of divestiture, his immediate renderings of decisions in the latter stages promptly after final papers were filed, and his effort to push for a direct appeal to the United States Supreme Court, thus requiring the Justices to review trial transcripts, evidence, etc., customarily filtered through the Court of Appeals. This case was to be Judge Jackson's legacy to antitrust law, American technology and investors throughout the world. The sad thing is that he may prevail, and that the nature not only of Microsoft, but of technological innovation in general, will be severely altered. This is an administration and Justice Department that has trouble seeing truth and common sense through the forest of "legacy building" I have been wanting to rant on this for some time, so thanks. John

To: BBG who wrote (46477)	6/12/2000 2:56:00 PM
From: TTOSBT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Re: " But I don't really think that matters much now anyway as that eventuality is already priced into today's price so bascially I don't think there is anyway to go except up..." I agree the stock will recover we just need to wait. But when a government we pay (in taxes) starts over protecting us against interest rates, then attacks our retirements with evidence of vindictiveness it gets a little too much to sit back and watch as if "We The People" have no power to speak! That judge needs to be taught a lesson he hasn't learned when he lost every appeal of injustice he throw at MSFT from the beginning! Bill Gaits is a money making billionaire monopolist but Judge Jackson is a self serving abuser of his position. And he has a lot more people than Bill Gaites to answer to -but I don't think he accepts it. I resent the day my consumer status was abused by Klein and watched Jackson not only overlook that fact but fueled it. Microsoft may have done lots of things but hurt me as a consumer was certainly not one of them. They treated these charges as if Microsoft came to my and my neighbor's houses with machines guns drawn -public enemy #1! Why? Because a few competitors couldn't handle the pressures or didn't have enough ability to counter? The government should of never gotten in the middle but then once they did they should never have used the public to take sides!!! THAT WAY OUT OF LINE!!! And that's why I don't believe Gates is going too far or should give in an inch. TTOSBT