Re: Microsoft Cleared In Conn. Of Antitrust Violations

[Ben Drasin <drasin@mindspring.com>]

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> 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

There is the small point that the money may make Caldera a more effective
competitor in the OS market, although I am not sure that this will really make
that much difference.

bye-Ben