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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (21103)	10/19/1998 3:17:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 24154

It looks like the NYT wasn't kidding when it lead off the editorial page yesterday with my favorite topic. Today, the battle begins in earnest, and we have a lot of news. I haven't read these stories, I just cut the headlines and summaries from the technology index page, nytimes.com . Cheers, Dan. Microsoft Goes to Court to Face an Expanded Case nytimes.com The Government's trial against Microsoft begins Monday, and it is a case more ambitious and complicated than the one prosecutors filed in May. A Case More Enduring Than Politics nytimes.com The Government's pursuit of Microsoft has taken leaps, hit dead ends and evolved in ways no one could have controlled or predicted back when it started in 1989. Microsoft Pushed to Buy Palm nytimes.com In a recent move that indicated he has no intention of backing away from his company's aggressive business tactics, Bill Gates has proposed acquiring the software business behind 3Com Corp.'s popular Palm Pilot hand-held computer. Previous Antitrust Cases Are Little Help nytimes.com Whatever the outcome of the Microsoft trial, an almost certain appeal will leave to the Supreme Court the task of bringing legal order to 100 years of clashing antitrust doctrines. Sherman Act Has Been Broadly Interpreted nytimes.com The legal tool that the government is using in its assault on Microsoft is brief, vague and malleable. The combination has meant that it has been at turns toothless and powerful over the years.