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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (7706)	5/20/1998 7:59:00 AM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

The joke is, regarding Java, that you have to have a different client for every operating system. There is no universal Java on the client side. Your exposition of DOJ buffoonery was excellent. Keep up the clear thinking but don't ever expect to get a government job. JFD

To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (7706)	5/20/1998 1:36:00 PM
From: C. Niebucc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Microsoft's Battle Offers Plenty of Work For Lawyers, Lobbyists and Economists By JACOB M. SCHLESINGER and PAUL M. BARRETT Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON -- The Microsoft Corp. battle has produced bitter charges and countercharges, but it means boom times for an army of antitrust lawyers, as well as a coterie of lobbyists, public-relations advisers and economists. "It seems like almost every law firm in town has some dog in this hunt," says Charles Rule, who led the Justice Department's antitrust division during the Reagan administration and who now serves as a legal consultant for Microsoft. A partner with the Washington law firm Covington & Burling, Mr. Rule has been appearing on television to debate Kevin Arquit, a partner with New York's Rogers & Wells who headed the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust shop during the Bush administration and now represents Microsoft antagonist Sun Microsystems Inc. Go here for the rest: interactive.wsj.com

To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (7706)	5/20/1998 4:24:00 PM
From: Hal Rubel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

The Strength of the Anti-Trust Proceedings Against Microsoft RE "Hal, I've read the first couple of pages of the US DOJ Complaint in US vs. Microsoft. My take: The Federal premise upon which the lawsuit is based is bogus. It's based on pie-in-the-sky theory, and backed up by sub-theories and assumptions which contradict each other. There is no possible way a judge that could make a decision which would "remedy" the supposed "damage" that the suit claims Microsoft has caused. We'll have to take these things one at a time." I Agree: The whole thing will have to be determined by the evidence used to back the bold allegations put forward. Like you, I hope the case will eventually be resolved on its merits. HR