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To: Scrapps who wrote (10629)	12/13/1997 10:49:00 AM
From: jhild	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

First of all, it is my understanding that there issued an order to immediately stop the practice of contractually tying the browser in an exclusive manner to the OS. He voided all such contract language. I would say that he has made up his mind is this very important regard. MSFT has violated the anti-trust law is the only way I think this can be read. The appointment of the special master is certainly a prudent step. But from reading your remark, I might think that he offered no opinion and didn't rule against MSFT at all - which he did. Remarks attributed to him yesterday on CNBC said that while the final arguments were not until June, the government had provided sufficient proof with regard to violating the law. MSFT has a chance to respond, but the tone of the report was that there was not a great likelihood that MSFT would be able to continue this contracting practice. Now I know how reliable CNBC can be. Just go over to the ASND thread. But I would say that there is a consistency to the printed reports and their intrepretation of what happened.