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To: cfimx who wrote (48311)	4/16/2002 4:03:21 PM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Are you long SUNW?

To: cfimx who wrote (48311)	4/16/2002 4:03:49 PM
From: DRRISK	Respond to of 64865

=DJ Microsoft/Defense -3:Illegal Acts Inconsequential: Expert Microsoft's economic expert Kevin Murphy testified in the afternoon session of the trial. The University of Chicago economist argued that the states failed to show that Microsoft's anticompetitive acts against the two pieces of software on which the case is based, the Netscape Navigator web browser and Sun Microsystems Inc.'s (SUNW) Java programming language, reduced competition. Without a causal connection, only a limited antitrust remedy is warranted, he said in written testimony. He cited data about the use of Netscape among Internet service providers. One group of ISPs signed illegally-restrictive contracts meant to make their customers use Microsoft's competing Internet Explorer browser. The other ISPs signed agreements meant to increase the use of Explorer but were deemed legal. In both groups, the use of Netscape Navigator plummeted from nearly 80% of all users in January 1997 to about 50% by August of 1998, two months before the Microsoft case went to trial. Netscape now has about an 11% share of the market, according to Murphy. "I conclude that there is no discernible effect of the anticompetitive contract terms on the distribution of Navigator through ISPs," he said. (MORE) DOW JONES NEWS 04-16-02 03:07 PM Nice run into the close and a nice day for a change. DrRisk