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To: rudedog who wrote (138334)	6/28/2001 11:45:10 AM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 186894

rudedog, I've got a 433 Celeron, only 96MB RAM. I know, I know, RAM is cheap, I should add more, but my HD is only 6 Gig, 5 of which is occupied. So I figure, why fool around adding RAM, a new HD, XP, a CD writer that works (my current one works on about 1 in 10 tries). I can just buy a new PC for not a lot more money, and save hours of frustration as well as vet bill from my kicking the dog after I can't get half the stuff to work after three days. (just kidding about the dog) On the subject of video transfer from PC to TV, in order for it to become mainstream, it has to be VERY simple. Most folks are not going to set up a home network in existing homes, unless it's wireless or somehow works through existing wiring with a plug and play device. It seems like a simple problem getting that data less than 200 feet from one device to others, but I think the reality is that it's the major obstacle to selling a lot of new home PC functions. TIVO is a nice short term solution, but I'm not sure the subscription model works long term, information is too cheap these days. John

To: rudedog who wrote (138334)	6/28/2001 11:58:16 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Appeals court vacates MSFT ruling Case sent back to district court By William L. Watts, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 11:49 AM ET June 28, 2001 WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - In a major legal victory for Microsoft, a U.S. appeals court vacated a ruling that would have split the company into two separate firms was vacated Thursday and sent back to a lower court, according to reports. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit also ordered U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson removed from the case. Microsoft shares were up $3.82, or more than 5 percent, at $74.96 before being halted. Shares have yet to reopen. Jackson last summer ordered Microsoft (MSFT: news, msgs, alerts) split into two non-affiliated companies - a Windows firm and an applications software firm -- to remedy the violations of U.S. antitrust laws he found after a lengthy trial. He also set significant restrictions on Microsoft's conduct, but stayed the entire order pending the final outcome of the appeals process. The appeals court ruling leaves open questions about the ultimate fate of the case, which was initiated three years ago this month by the Clinton Justice Department and 20 state attorneys general. Speculation has mounted that the Bush administration would await the appeals ruling, then seek a negotiated settlement with the software giant that would avoid a break-up. Microsoft, in written briefs, argued that Jackson's ruling was "infected with error" and disputed almost every aspect of the judge's findings and the government's case. The government stood by Jackson's findings that Microsoft illegally used the power of its Windows monopoly to sideline competitors, such as Netscape. Microsoft has maintained that Windows is not a monopoly, much less one that was used to prey on competitors. Monopolies, per se, are not illegal. Antitrust laws prohibit companies from using a monopoly in one area to stifle competition in another. Basically, Jackson found that Microsoft bullied its partners by implicitly threatening to withhold or restrict access to Windows unless they favored Microsoft products, such as the Microsoft Explorer browser. In a key finding, Jackson ruled that Microsoft illegally welded its Explorer browser to Windows in order to thwart Netscape. Microsoft, citing a ruling in an earlier antitrust case that saw the appeals court overturn Jackson, had argued during the trial and in its appeal that it hadn't violated antitrust law by bundling the browser with the operating system. Jackson ruled that the earlier appeals ruing didn't apply to the case and instead cited a Supreme Court precedent. The appeals court heard two days of oral arguments on the appeal in February - an extraordinary amount of time in an appellate case. The judges also accepted expanded written arguments from both sides. Living up to their fearsome reputations, the appeals judges raked lawyers for both sides over the coals during the arguments. Government lawyers, however, were put in a particularly tight spot the final day of arguments, with almost the entire judicial panel forcing the lawyers to defend statements made by Jackson to the press and in public. Jackson, in interviews with various news organizations, likened Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates to Napoleon and said the company's dismissive attitude toward the case reminded him of the remorseless mindset held by members of a criminal drug gang whose trial he had once presided over. Chief Judge Harry Edwards, an authority on judicial ethics, was particularly withering. "We don't run off our mouths in a pejorative way ... The system would be a shambles if all judges did that," Edwards said. William L. Watts is a reporter for CBS.MarketWatch.com.

To: rudedog who wrote (138334)	6/28/2001 1:42:02 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Rudedog, speaking of memory, have you seen the latest prices on pricewatch.com, a.k.a. PriceWatchItDrop.com? (tm. Paul Engel) 256M of PC133 SDRAM on sale for $17, and 128M of PC133 SDRAM on sale for $10. In some instances, shipping costs more than the actual memory itself. And if you thought that was insane, get this: I just sold my used Pentium III 600E on eBay for just over $100. On Price Watch, an Athlon 1.2 GHz processor is selling for $95. This is insane. Tenchusatsu