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To: Bearded One who wrote (10579)	9/8/1998 2:55:00 AM
From: Gerald Walls	Respond to of 74651

My guess is that, as in criminal law, the number one question a prosecutor asks when deciding whether or not to pursue a case is: Is there a clear victim and is anyone complaining? Ha ha! It's "How many headlines will it get and how will it help my (or my superiors') political aspirations." Don't forget that at the state level Attorney General is an elected position and at the federal level it's a job held by an appointed political hack.

To: Bearded One who wrote (10579)	9/8/1998 9:00:00 AM
From: ToySoldier	Respond to of 74651

Bearded One, Very nicely said! The list of predatory practices that MSFT has engaged in to not only defend its OS but to also use its OS monopoly - which is critical to the basic operation of the Intel Computer - to push industry leaders in other products out of the way is numerous. The web browser war is by far the most well known, but not a unique case. Unfortunately for the computer industry and the consumer, MSFT's big bully practices has threatened many small industry players to stay quiet on the abuses they have actually witnessed or even experienced for fear of MSFT reprisals. The good news in that the Government court case forces and / or encourages these people and companies to finally come forward to expose MSFT's practices to the world. This is why I think that the DOJ will very likely win its case against MSFT. In fact, even the Caldera case is looking bad for MSFT. Just wait for the Sun case to also run of the coat-tails of the evidence from these cases. MSFT has some real rocky roads to travel in the legal front. This rocky road will likely spill out to a MSFT deterioration in stock price as well. I guess we'll see. Toy

To: Bearded One who wrote (10579)	9/8/1998 10:08:00 PM
From: J Krnjeu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Mr. Bearded One , <<Fortunately or unfortunately, the government has limited resources and has to pick its cases based on certain criteria-- it has to be more than illegal. >> That's right, it can be political, using the power of government for your own personnel gain. <<Yes, as long as it is Microsoft then it's against the law. 200 billion dollar companies with a monopoly have different requirements than 2 billion dollar companies with no monopoly power.>> To my knowledge, we do not make laws by dollar categories. Thank You JK