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To: ToySoldier who wrote (13026)	12/7/1998 9:43:00 PM
From: t2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

It is sooo amazing how you all are pinning your DOJ's hopes on ONE state deciding to pull out. One state of 20! Wake up folks! Do you really think the DOJ is going to stop its trial because one state pulls out. Talk about being desperate! Toy. A lot of things can happen on momentum alone. The NTSC/AOL changed the momemtum to MSFT. The SC decision drop out is adding fuel. I also read a report that BILL GATES will testify if asked to by the FEDS. I bet he will testify anyways because the DOJ has made him look bad (by showing small clips). Now there is nothing to lose, only to gain by clarifying some comments he had made.He can only help the MSFT case now by testifying. If the case continues, watch for this announcement towards the end of the trial. Remember that MSFT has not EVEN PRESENTED ITS DEFENSE YET. If you looks at all of these things, you can clearly see that a BIG shift has taken place. Just wait til you see the next public opinion poll. I think there will be fewer people who support the DOJ case.

To: ToySoldier who wrote (13026)	12/8/1998 2:43:00 AM
From: nihil	Respond to of 74651

RE: SC secession If the next state to pull out is Alabama, I'm going long musket balls.

To: ToySoldier who wrote (13026)	12/8/1998 3:37:00 AM
From: Alan Buckley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

[It is sooo amazing how you all are pinning your DOJ's hopes on ONE state deciding to pull out.] Nobody's "pinning hopes" on anything. As I said in the earlier post I still think Judge "doesn't Yahoo" Jackson will rule against MSFT, at least partially, and I suspect most of Wall Street agrees. However, the SC action is surprise good news at a point in the trial I expected to be pretty gloomy. Further, it is UNAMBIGUOUSLY good news, unlike most of the issues surrounding the trial which can be spun either way. [SC doesnt grasp the point to the Trial in the first place.] They're not the only ones. [The trial is about MSFT's abuse of its OS monopoly to destroy a competitor in another area of the industry.] Yet that "destroyed" competitor is apparently worth $4B after just a few years in business. The DOJ's case is ridiculous. SC figured that out and took appropriate action. Good for them.

To: ToySoldier who wrote (13026)	12/8/1998 11:10:00 AM
From: DownSouth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

>SC doesnt grasp the point to the Trial in the first place. The trial is about MSFT's abuse of its OS monopoly to destroy a competitor in another area of the industry. Its not about a competitive internet area. Toy, you are amazing. You know more about law than the SC AG!! Wow, perphaps you should practice law. You will do as well at it as you do with investing. Oh that's right, you don't invest, except in CA goldmines.

To: ToySoldier who wrote (13026)	12/8/1998 12:21:00 PM
From: AmericanVoter	Respond to of 74651

ToySoldier, it seems that MSFT (stock price wise) is doing well with no concern to the DOJ outcome. Even if the DOJ is to break it up, shareholders will benefit even more... just like what happened with the baby bells... but Mr. Gates will have a nightmare... do SI threaders care about Mr. Gate's nightmares...? hardly... they care about the bottom line, and that is fattened portfolios... anything else is a digression of thoughts for all practical purposes... best regards amein