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To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (63673)	12/10/2001 2:08:04 PM
From: Dave	Respond to of 74651

Are you saying that in the absence of provable actual harm, theoretical or hypothetical is just as good? No, not at all, but rather that the harm done by Microsoft's antitrust violations, which harm does exist theoretically and hypothetically as you've suggested, also exists actually and provably, as demonstrated and ruled again and again by the DoJ, the court, and the appeals court. My point was that existence in reality does not negate existence in theory. What good is theory if it is mutually exclusive of reality? Dave

To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (63673)	12/10/2001 6:20:10 PM
From: t2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Is MSFT trying to settle the EU case? According to this article, they are. I thought there was going to be a hearing sometime this month. This would be good news to get uncertainty out of the way in Europe. I might be reading too much into this comment but it does make sense, given the settlements MSFT has been working out lately. That would be more good news since fighting against the EU would be very tough..maybe not as tough as going up against some States like California. At least the EU is the equivalent of the DOJ and MSFT only has to deal with one party. Qoute from the article below: Microsoft is also trying to settle charges brought by the European Union that it's unlawfully trying to leverage its Windows monopoly to gain control of the market for network servers. bloomberg.com