Re: DOJ conclusions of law not airtight, say experts

[Case Roole <cjr@xs4all.nl>]

With MSIE usage on Windows98 being at about 60% and steadily increasing, it
might not be so easy to exploit this hole: MSIE browser share will be at
monopoly level by the time an appeal reaches the courts.

-cjr

On Tue, 07 Dec 1999, Eric M. Bennett wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> Excerpt:
> 
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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