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

To: Shea Jones who wrote (21607)	4/26/1999 3:04:00 PM
From: t2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Shea and John, Since they (MSFT employees) read posts, I would like to say that I am interested in working for Microsoft--preferably in the Toronto, Canada region. The company has given me so much and I would like to return something back. <g> Is anyone from Microsoft Canada reading as well? <g> Actually that does not sound too bad (for me that is).<g> I have actually added my education to my profile. BTW--The stock is doing great today along with general market. I think it will be a while before we see it break free from the market and soar----June/July by my guess.

To: Shea Jones who wrote (21607)	4/26/1999 3:05:00 PM
From: Jim Lamb	Respond to of 74651

Trial's restart date may be pushed back By Dan Goodin Staff Writer, CNET News.com April 26, 1999, 11:10 a.m. PT Lawyers on both sides of the Microsoft antitrust battle have until May 3 to announce the witnesses they plan to call during the rebuttal phase of the trial, the judge hearing the case said today. U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson extended the date after both sides agreed to the change, a court official said. The date for disclosing the witnesses had been set for today. The trial has been in recess since February so that Jackson can try a criminal drug-conspiracy case. The prosecution in that trial is still calling witnesses, casting doubt that the case will be wrapped up any time soon. At a recent hearing, Jackson scheduled Microsoft's trial to resume on May 10 or on whatever Monday followed the end of the conspiracy case. It now appears that the Microsoft trial may not begin until the end of May at the earliest. QUOTE SNAPSHOT April 26, 1999, 11:45 a.m. PT Microsoft Corp. MSFT 88.5625 +2.5625 +2.98% America Online Inc. AOL 156.6875 +9.6875 +6.59% Sun Microsystems Inc. SUNW 64.2500 +0.9375 +1.48% by symbol by name > more from CNET Investor Quotes delayed 20+ minutes Both sides have declined to discuss what witnesses they plan to call when the trial resumes. Speculation runs high that both will call economists. There has also been talk the government might call Steve Case and Ted Waitt, chief executives from America Online and Gateway, respectively. Observers also say they wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft recalled Brad Chase, a vice president, to testify about AOL's $10 billion buyout of Netscape Communications. Microsoft has said it has not ruled out calling its chief executive Bill Gates, whose deposition in the case turned into a major public relations problem for the Redmond, Washington, company. Jackson's order comes the same week that public depositions are to get underway in the trial. Microsoft lawyers on Wednesday will depose former Netscape executive vice president Peter Currie in Washington, D.C. They will take the deposition of Sun Microsystems vice president and chief operating officer of staff operations Mike Popov on Friday at the San Francisco federal courthouse. AOL's interactive services president Barry Schuler and Case are expected to be deposed next week.

To: Shea Jones who wrote (21607)	4/26/1999 11:38:00 PM
From: Bearded One	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

Cool! I guess that I and Toy Soldier must be famous by now! Ok, here's my advice to the certain executives: 1) Jackson is separating the factual ruling from the legal ones. If the factual rulings support Microsoft, then there is no legal basis for anything. In that case, it would be unfair to Microsoft to not just let you off the hook immediately by a simultaneous legal ruling. Hence, the fact that Jackson is separating the rulings means that he is going to rule against you. 2) There are no TKO's and no winning on points in a high-profile case. You all look really bad in the eyes of the observers of the case. Therefore, you will lose the case. End of story. Jackson will simply discount countervailing testimony by your executives as not credible. So you will lose all the facts (unreversable by the appeal's court) and the law will naturally follow. 3) The correct thing to do when you lose a big case is to blame your lawyer. The honorable thing for a lawyer who loses a big case to do is to take the blame. Your in-house lawyers were especially bad: if they can't tell Bill Gates to behave, then they are not doing their job. They're supposed to be lawyers, not consiglieri. Get rid of them, and publically. Keep Sullivan and Cromwell, which will help stability, PR, and make Washington more open to dealing with you. Any other questions (tee hee) send me a message.