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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (14501)	2/27/1999 8:31:00 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Barron's this morning Some investors believe that Wall Street has overreacted to both the Dell and Compaq news. "The tech correction has run its course," opined Stephen Dalton, portfolio manager at First Union's investment management arm. "The positive trends for the large-cap tech companies are still in place." Dalton favors Gateway 2000, Oracle, Dell and Sun Microsystems, among others

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (14501)	2/27/1999 6:09:00 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 64865

Microsoft Rests Its Case, Ending on Misstep Excerpts from article by Joel Brinkley in The New York Times, Saturday February 27 "After more than five months of testimony, the Microsoft Corporation rested its case today in the Government's landmark antitrust suit, but not before the presiding judge had shouted angrily at the company's final witness and ordered him to stop talking." …………………………………………………………………………….. "In the witness box today, Robert Muglia, a Microsoft senior vice president, tried to put the best face on his company's relationship with Sun Microsystems, the creator and owner of the Java programming language. The Government charges that Microsoft tried to sabotage Sun because it saw Sun as a competitive threat. Mr. Muglia…".asserted Microsoft was interested in cooperating with Sun." But Mr. David Boies, the government's lead trial lawyer "presented numerous E-mail messages and memos from senior Microsoft executives, saying in one manner or another that they wanted to defeat Sun. …………………………………………………………………………………………….. In May 1997, Mr. (William H.) Gates wrote: "I am hard-core about NOT supporting" the latest version of Java. Messages in the same string of E-mail from other senior executives made the same statement, but with exclamation points and expletives. Yet Mr. Muglia tried to make the case that Mr. Gates had not really meant what he wrote adding, "I don't know what Bill meant by support." At that, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, who is hearing the case without a jury, shook his head and interrupted with an irritate tone, saying "There's no question he says he does not like the idea of supporting it. Let's not argue about it." Mr. Muglia persisted, pleading with the judge, "Can I say one more thing, please?" But a few seconds after he began what promised to be a long discourse defending his position, Judge Jackson exploded. One hand covering his face, the other held up at the witness, he bellowed: "No! Stop! There is no question pending. He then called a recess." (I submitted shorter version of Times article. Think it's hilarious. Apart from the Clinton fiasco, MSFT's lawyers and executives actions at trial have provided wonderful non-stop comedy for serious readers.)