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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (50349)	9/30/2000 9:55:42 AM
From: johnd	Respond to of 74651

Here are some very important comments from CFO on 9/18 ==== " ... To frame the year-over-year growth in three of our largest businesses, we created this chart, and I think it's illustrative of the kind of growth we have to get and that you should expect in these various areas. For the year ended June 30th, our Consumer and Business Services Group grew in excess of 60 percent. We anticipate that same type of growth for a number of years to come. Secondly, our Enterprise Platforms and Services business was a $3.7 billion business for the year ended June 30th, and we expect very high growth rates for that business for a number of years to come. And lastly, our desktop franchise was a $17 billion business and grew in the mid-teens in fiscal year '00. .. "

To: John F. Dowd who wrote (50349)	9/30/2000 2:22:46 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

This is new article on the Supreme Court decision and on Judge Jackson's comments from The Register. (I hope this isn't redundant or hasn't been posted before or is not just a rehash of previous posts or just repetitive over again.) (Teaser)Breakup remedy was Microsoft's own fault, says trial judge And he might be hinting that the government case will go pear-shaped... Judge Richard Posner, who hosted the failed mediation talks, indicated that there had been serious progress made by the time he pulled the plugs, but complained about leaking and spinning. More recently he seemed to be pointing at the US states attorneys general as an excessive burden to antirust law in general, if not exactly to his mediation in particular. Posner praised the professionalism of both the Microsoft and DoJ legals teams, but from what Jackson's saying now we can maybe deduce that professionalism and intransigence aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. Perhaps more significantly - considering he's just had his preferred appeals procedure rejected by the Supreme Court - Jackson says: "Virtually everything I did may be vulnerable on appeal." In his conclusions Jackson did practically everything he could to minimise the areas where he would be vulnerable to appeal, so this could be a sign he's becoming pessimistic about the eventual outcome. theregister.co.uk