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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (7131)	5/13/1998 11:14:00 PM
From: grogger	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19079

Why is ORCL such a dog??? Is the outlook that bad? If they hit earnings it should rally. Rob

To: John F. Dowd who wrote (7131)	5/14/1998 5:13:00 AM
From: lml	Respond to of 19079

John: I wouldn't read too much into yesterday's appellate court ruling. The ruling was quite narrow as it was limited to issues falling under the 1995 consent decree, which the govt. alleged MSFT had violated. The merits of the case about to be filed this week are far from being decided.

To: John F. Dowd who wrote (7131)	5/14/1998 9:38:00 AM
From: Mark Finger	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19079

I wouldn't read too much into the recent ruling. The courts are reluctant to stop a product unless the case is a slam-dunk. I do not think this is true here. Remember that the ruling was just whether to block the shipment of Windows 98 based on similarity to the Windows 95 situation. We have not actually had final ruling on Windows 95, so I am not surprised. However, remember that the initial ruling was that MS had to remove the browser from Windows 95 and the appeals are still going on over the definition of product, how much has to be removed, and several other small issues. Judges are loath to stop shipment of a new product when existing ones are still shipping with the same situations. Mark