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To: cheryl williamson who wrote (46342)	11/11/2001 11:15:40 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

I still say the best remedy is to put Windows in the public domain ... I guess the Justice Dept. didn't have the gonads to go forward with that kind of remedy... Or any legal justification for such a remedy. The only part of the lawsuit that was upheld by the appeals court was that some of the conditions in the contracts were illegal for a company that is judged to be a monopoly. Note that these same contract terms are perfect legal for a non monopoly company to have, so Microsoft was only being notified by the court after the fact that they could not have those types of contracts.

To: cheryl williamson who wrote (46342)	11/12/2001 8:31:34 AM
From: techtonicbull	Respond to of 64865

you mean Windows out there like java?

To: cheryl williamson who wrote (46342)	11/15/2001 4:15:13 PM
From: David Howe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

<< I still say the best remedy is to put Windows in the public domain & have it maintained by committee >> Earth to Cheryl, Earth to Cheryl. Another solution that would be equally likely would be to hand over the Sun Microsystems corporation to ME. This would give me personal control over their business. As a MSFT shareholder I think this is the "best remedy". I bet I have a better chance of selling that plan to the courts than you have of getting them to hand over Windows to the "public". Please read the last one million words written about this case and see if anything at all leads you to believe that the remedy will include the destruction of the world's greatest software company. TIA, Dave