Re: Microsoft Cleared In Conn. Of Antitrust Violations

[Mitch Stone <mstone@vc.net>]

--- From a message sent by Steve Cohen on 7/18/1999 10:18 AM ---

>I've said all along that Bristol should have expected this treatement from
>Microsoft when they cooked up their original deal, and were foolish not to.
>However, I STILL object to the Microsoft argument those who sue them are 
>merely
>envious of their wealth and trying to grab a piece for themselves.  
>Bristol may
>have given them the opening with this poorly conceived legal case.  
>Microsoft's
>defense is no less offensive because of it - and - mark my words - the same
>argument will be made against Caldera in their suit.

Perhaps, but I keep asking myself a selfish question: what does it matter 
to me anyway? Even if Bristol had won a large cash settlement from 
Microsoft, how does that affect the market for competing products? Not 
one bit. This is especially the case with the Caldera suit -- a battle 
over a long-obsolete product. Unless you believe that Microsoft, once 
bitten, is twice shy, then the outcomes of these antitrust suits are 
anticlimaxes to non-events.

Mitch Stone
mstone@vc.net