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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (15011)	12/17/1997 1:09:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Microsoft really pushing the limits sjmercury.com So Microsoft, which is appealing the order, says it'll offer manufacturers three choices: the current Windows, including IE; a two-year-old version; or a version of the current operating system that omits the IE files but also won't operate properly. Oh, and the price will be the same no matter which option the manufacturer picks. This is compliance with a raised middle finger. And it demonstrates anew how Microsoft, seeking to maintain its monopoly, seems compelled to push everything to the absolute limit. And that's why we love them so. Microsoft's just being ethical and courteous as usual, as Steve Ballmer would say. No doubt having a little fun in the process too, just like me. Offering computer makers a two-year-old version of Windows, with none of the bug fixes and other enhancements developed since then, is laughable. Except, of course, that that's the version you get at the store, so it must be what the customers want. Really, if this is wrong I welcome correction, but I've not ever heard anything about OSR2 being sold through the retail channel. That ambiguity, Neukom observed, led the judge to deny the department's request to find Microsoft in contempt of the decree (though Microsoft's sneering at the spirit of the judge's order might make him reconsider the contempt question). Neukom suggested that the department should simply have filed a new antitrust case. Now there's an idea. Like I said when the story broke, I'm sure that could be arranged. Or maybe there's enough right-thinking Objectivists and Libertarians writing their representatives. to get that all important MLB-style statutory exemption through Congress. We'll see. Cheers, Dan.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (15011)	12/17/1997 5:48:00 PM
From: micromike	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Justice Department files contempt charges; states mull separate action cnnfn.com Microsoft Corp.'s legal woes intensified Wednesday when the Justice Department filed contempt charges against the software giant and a number of states said they are mulling an antitrust action against the company. --- I hate to see MS payroll for the spin doctors and the lawyers this year. If MS lawers are as good as it's Windows OS they are in BIG TROUBLE. Where's my buddy Ralph Nader. This would be a perfect time for the one two punch. Mike