DOJ conclusions of law not airtight, say experts

["Eric M. Bennett" <ericb@pobox.com>]

Legal experts say there are some holes Microsoft can exploit in the 
DOJ's proposed findings of law:

http://yahoo.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1482319.html?pt.yfin.cat_fin.txt.ne



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The government made no major mistakes, said Emmett Stanton, an 
antitrust lawyer with Fenwick and West in Palo Alto, Calif. "Nothing 
leapt out at me as being overreaching on the government's part," he 
said.

Maintaining monopoly and exclusive agreements are strong areas for 
the government, Stanton said.

But the government also chose to push forward several arguments 
antitrust experts contend the government may not win, or may lose on 
appeal. Particularly suspect are the arguments that Microsoft 
violated antitrust law by tying Internet Explorer to Windows and by 
extending the Windows monopoly into the browser market.
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Eric Bennett / ericb@pobox.com / emb22@cornell.edu  www.pobox.com/~ericb/
Cornell University, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology

I have no idea what you're talking about when you say "ask".
- Bill Gates, in his deposition for the U.S. vs. Microsoft lawsuit