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To: Ibexx who wrote (5882)	4/22/1998 7:51:00 AM
From: John F. Dowd	Respond to of 74651

Dear Ibexx: Great Post. It would be a great moment for all of the software industry when the meddling and muddling Reno shock troops get sent packing on this one. In the meanwhile I have lost all respect for Bork and I am a staunch Conservative. This whole thing has been one of the great political anomolies I have ever seen. Here is a social liberal (Gates) being bitten by the small animals he feeds. I guess he didn't give enough when he did give. Or maybe they want Bill to take the place of Indonesia and China? Thanks for the post, JF Dowd

To: Ibexx who wrote (5882)	4/22/1998 3:39:00 PM
From: Alan Buckley	Respond to of 74651

My favorite snippet from yesterday's proceeding (below) has the judge asking how the DOJ interpretation helps consumers. An anti-trust worry is that anything a dominant company does can be deemed illegal if you start with the Nader-esque bent that somebody losing means something must be unfair. If the court interprets the law with consumers rather than competitors in mind, as they should IMO, Microsoft will come out just fine. ---- Dow Jones News Service ---- 'The appeals panel peppered a top Justice Department attorney about the terms of the 1995 consent decree. Circuit Judge Raymond Randolph said the decree seemed to allow integrated products. Randolph asked whether the company could - under the decree - market a combined Windows and Internet Explorer if Internet Explorer wasn't already offered as a separate product. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Douglas Melamed said it would be allowed. "How does that help consumers?" Randolph asked. "Why does that make sense?"'