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To: Frank Ellis Morris who wrote (13119)	12/10/1998 9:50:00 PM
From: t2	Respond to of 74651

Judge question whether SUNW is just too slow I just read this story (RTR). Could there be a shift in Judge Jackson's views -- from being biased against MSFT to being neutral? As I have stated before, he does not like MSFT's tactics after his Windows 95 rulings. However, he will be impartial in his judgement no matter how much dislikes MSFT. I know people will disagree with me on the judge's impartiality. He wants to make sure that his ruling will stand up in appeals and therefore he will make the right decision (mostly in favor of MSFT). He already knows how the appeals court is thinking since his rulings were revearsed by that level. Hey !!-- who wants to be embarrased anyways? Today I am more confident MSFT will win (maybe a token ruling against them on some matter) than i was a few weeks ago.

To: Frank Ellis Morris who wrote (13119)	12/10/1998 10:02:00 PM
From: t2	Respond to of 74651

MSFT now realizes that public relations is just as important as the legal issues of the case. Their people were really stupid when they did not comply with the Win95 court order (well they may have -- for legal purposes). That was awful PR. I think now they realize what is all about -- 1/2 law and the other 1/2 public relations. They are taking out ads in newspapers, involved in educating people in computers (libraries etc), involved in serving communities, respecting judges (notice their respectful response to the Java decision in CA) And -- the public still likes the company (I think they used to love MSFT prior - which was partially behind their success).