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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (62691)	11/7/2001 5:03:02 PM
From: alydar	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

hi charles, to get back to your question. i thought the violation of anti-trust law is a federal offense. msft was prosecuted by federal prosecutors and were found guilty in federal court. as an individual, if the same happened to me, i would be considered a convicted felon. is msft any different? that is why i contend that msft officers and board of directors are felons. they have a fiduciary responsibility to run the company in a legal manner. a federal court found them guilty of a federal offense. that is why i call gates & co. felons. somebody has to be held responsible for the hideous crimes of corporate murder (i.e., netscape, etc.). msft officers/directors cannot hide behind the vail of a corporate shell; or can they. just because a court did not decide the remedy does not negate the fact that msft and it employees are guilty; even though gates & co. would not admit so. if they did not want to be considered felons they should have settled this thing before judgement. good will prevail over evil. rocky.

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (62691)	11/8/2001 2:14:06 AM
From: rudedog	Respond to of 74651

Charles - the language of the settlement seems to indicate that the parties have agreed to remedies without admitting or claiming liability on the original charges. If the judge accepts that settlement, given that this is a civil proceeding, it seems to me that the notions of "guilt" are pretty much washed away. I have seen a number of articles which claim this was the real sticking point as it means that the other pending cases can not rely on the federal action as precedent. On the other hand I'm an engineer, WDIK???