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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: LindyBill who wrote (17540)	3/9/1999 8:07:00 PM
From: t2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

LindyBill, They are denying those rumours of a settlement. Of course they would. The pressure will be on both parties to settle it. I can just imagine poor Judge Jackson (almost near retirment) having to sort through the tons and tons of documents to come to a decision. When they resume the trial, i bet he will be friendlier to MSFT. This will be a hint to the DOJ lawyers that it ain't gonna be that easy. Then we will have the settlement. If the DOJ does not settle, final resolution could take 3 years. In addition, all these headlines we get about the Microsoft witnesses having a hard time are going to be history. The DOJ just got used to beating up on the Microsoft witnesses. There won't be any witnesses at the appeals hearings. That is why the pressure will build on DOJ and MSFT just before a ruling comes out. Jackson will apply this pressure--especially on the DOJ, which seems to be proud of their courtroom performance. This is the same judge who upon hearing the AOL/Netscape merger jumped the gun and said the landscape has changed as a result of this deal (probably did not even think about it). That is why I think he will rule in MSFT's favor if forced to make a decision. I can't imagine this thing getting to a ruling from the judge. The DOJ is probably too smart for that!!! MSFT will push them right until the last days.