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To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (22777)	2/26/1999 4:02:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Gerald, I'd quit keeping tabs on Mary Jo Foley when I got distracted with other things. I still don't understand this throwing the trial thing, they could just quit calling witnesses if that's what they wanted to do. If they hadn't mounted any defense at all, and just said the government hadn't proven its case, wouldn't they be better off on appeal? They'd certainly look better from a "hearts and minds" viewpoint. Anyway, I had to throw in this reader's comment, from a random sampling of what came in after that article. DOJ Barely scrathced the surface. And that is why I believe MS is simply "throwing in the towel." As a one time contract worker at MS, I was privy to numerous docs which detailed who couldn't get pre-release code (specifically Windows 98 and Windows CE). They call it the NPR list and I think MS knew with all the dirt being thrown on them, that the denials were only making the DOJ dig deeper and sooner than later these docs would surface. (http://www.zdnet.com/talkback/22_29622_121334.html) I wouldn't know, but I do wish Boies had asked Kempin about Vobis. But, I also wish Microsoft would ship an OS that sucked less. Cheers, Dan.