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

To: Hal Rubel who wrote (18724)	3/24/1999 11:43:00 PM
From: Alan Buckley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

[Though terms of the settlement aren't yet known, the issue of Microsoft's ability to add new features to its Windows operating system is said to be non-negotiable. Microsoft's refusal to concede on that issue could derail any possible settlement, since bundling is one of the key issues in the government's case.] The DOJ has already lost much of this "key issue" in the appeals court, which said IE was integrated enough to be considered "not a bundle" and further said rulings should not get the government involved in product design. The DOJ may get restrictions on the contract language and may get Windows declared a monopoly, but the browser is a losing issue, especially with what's happened with AOL and NSCP. MSFT would be foolish to compromise there. We're starting to see the true colors of the state AGs coming out with their suggestions that MSFT pay their legal fees. As in the tobacco case, they have decided they can extort money from successful corporations and get their own names in the press to boot. Consumer welfare seem to be the farthest thing from their minds.