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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: alydar who wrote (49022)	9/7/2000 1:32:54 PM
From: ericneu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Settlement talks should have taken place before a verdict was reached. --- They did. I find it interesting that the attitude of many here is that Microsoft should have settled no matter what. If you were accused of a crime you felt you didn't commit, would you settle? What if the DA's offer didn't seem fair? Am I the only one here who watches Law & Order? - Eric

To: alydar who wrote (49022)	9/7/2000 1:40:10 PM
From: sandeep	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Blisenko: The settlement is very unlikely unless SC decides not to take the case. If the case goes to appeals court, DOJ better settle, otherwise, this thing could drag on forever. The urgency DOJ displayed in asking the SC to take the case wouldn't gel with the time taken to get results. So, they are in driver's seat till the SC decides what to do and possibly even afterwards if SC decides to take the case. Till then, there is no reason for them to settle. Your comments about "Ballmer and Gates were drinking to much wine" is grammatically wrong and factually couldn't be farther from truth. The problem then was that the DOJ was in driver's seat and wanted too much; this is still the case. So, settlement was impossible. It is interesting that you have come to the same conclusion as myself about "the longer the better for MSFT's competitors". The overhang of the case will be a problem if it continues on for a couple of years...