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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Earlie who wrote (45468)	2/2/1999 10:06:00 PM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

(MSFT is likely to "settle" this case rather than see it run the full course and lose. Losing is even more expensive. MSFT has $17.0 billion in cash and some of it will become the property of te government if they lose or settle. ) Are you sure that the DOJ will really impose significant penalties? The political goals are basically achieved upon the winning of a case or a settlement. The last time MS was penalized, I remember it being a joke, although I don't remember the details. General Motors had a penalty applied for something a few years back, but it was something like a $1000 credit, no more than the company would have done as a promotion itself. Regards, Don