Re: Is Jackson widening the case?

[Steve Cohen <stevecoh@mcs.com>]

"Eric M. Bennett" wrote:

> Paul Rickard wrote:
>
> >    Judge Jackson may not be a computer engineer or anything, but he's
> >sharper than Microsoft has made out if he caught on to that without
> >anybody mentioning it. "Hmm.. I wonder if integrating the Internet in
> >an operating system reduces its security.." What does it say about the
> >final outcome of this trial when the judge is thinking up new areas
> >that the prosecution could attack?
>
> If the judge isn't careful, maybe it says Microsoft is likely to have a
> better case on appeal?
>
>

But isn't all that really happened here that the judge finally expressed
publicly an interest in an issue that a government witness raised (albeit not
forcefully) months ago?