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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (10211)8/19/1998 9:38:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh  Respond to of 74651
 
No, Reggie, what you said is:

Dan, all of that typing and you have said nothing. MSFT has set no precedent, hih? So I assume that the decision handed down by the Justice department on per processeor deals, OS bundling and online networks must simply be in my imagination. If not, what does it mean. The JD has already rendered a decision on MSFT. Their decision is an interpretation of the law, by the top cops in the country. Their decision apparently states that MSFT is currently, and has not historically been in no major violation of anti-trust policies as currently interpreted by our nations honorable adjudication system (sans the decree issued, of course). If you don't like it, fine. If you don't agree with thier decision, that is
fine as well, but stop pretending that it didn't happen. If it happened, it can be considered precedent.


Now, if you want to translate that as:

Well Dan, i said it then and I'll say it now - when has MSFT been found in a major violation of anti-trust law. this has all happened before the current DOJ crisis.

well, I guess that's ok. That's not what I read. If anybody wants to go back and read that particular tortured debate, I thought I was asking for precedent, and I got gobbledygook. Not totally unexpected, of course. Another example of Mind of Reg(TM) legal expertise, a few messages back from the previous one, part of my futile query on precedent:

Well, as for precedent, There has been action, whether purely legislative or not. Remember MSFT. Just because it did not go against MSFT does not mean that precedent has not been set. (Reggie in siliconinvestor.com

So, we're off in some parallel universe again where words mean what we want them to mean. Rest assured, I'm not going to debate what this all means, it took me a while, but I learned my lesson good.

I have to go now, but I will be back.

Of course you will. Gonna bring Arnie with you for backup? You can have the last word, it's all pretty pointless by any measure I can see. You got me dead cold on cheesy high school debate techniques, I got no desire to play anymore.

Cheers, Dan.