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To: Thunder who wrote (46950)	6/18/2000 3:35:00 AM
From: Kashish King	Respond to of 74651

Well, no we don't need to conjecture about anything: those lawsuits you claim have been avoided by refusing to settle are actually mounting daily. So you lost 200 plus billion, and you get the lawsuits. You can try and spin this all you like but you aren't going to convince anybody with an ounce of reason that Microsoft has or is handling this correctly. Let me guess, you think whatever marketing success they had just translates into competency in everything else, including handling this lawsuit? That's ridiculous and that sort of thinking has sunk more than one ship. As for your "they aren't done yet" angle, anybody can play that game, regardless of how badly they are being beat. The process has to run to completion but the results are already in. BTW, unlike you, I do not have a one-sided view of this company. I think they have some fantastic products and their service, despite being a monopoly, is second to none in my experience. They will continue to thrive, but I am afraid you're on the other side of a parabola, you just don't want to admit that. The downward slope will have to run it's course before you admit that you were wrong.

To: Thunder who wrote (46950)	6/18/2000 10:43:00 AM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Gary - great post. Whatever else you can say about MSFT top management, they are EXTREMELY pragmatic. If settlement was the most beneficial thing for the company and shareholders, I bet they would have been there in a heartbeat. The fact that they didn't, and the attitude displayed by both the DOJ and Judge Jackson after the close of the District Court trial, show that the intent of that action was to "teach Bill a lesson". The references to Japan after WWII were pretty chilling to me - one can only imagine the kind of rhetoric that was occurring in the "settlement talks". My sense is that MSFT management decided that there was no possibility of a settlement that would be better than even the worst case scenario going forward with the legal process. I am content to ride with that.