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To: saukriver who wrote (30953)	9/2/2000 2:35:28 PM
From: nosmo_king	Respond to of 54805

thanks for the thoughtful comments, saukriver. "Refusal to deal" was tried by Microsoft against Bristol. Bristol argued that MSFT was obligated because of its dominance of the desktop to license Windows; MSFT refused. The court agreed with MSFT (although the judge just slammed MSFT with a puny $1 million judgment for some deceptive practice by MSFT). I read about this just today, and was totally blown away by the judge's comments: "Judge Janet C. Hall, who was permitted to award punitive damages under last year's verdict, ruled Thursday that the deceptive conduct in which Microsoft had engaged "rises to the level of reckless and wanton indifference to the harm it caused Bristol and others." whoa. reckless and wanton indifference...pretty strong stuff! (whole article:) nytimes.com Once again, I've learned that it's very hard (impossible?) to predict what the courts will do. nos@oopswrongthread?.com