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[David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>]

Bummer. Does that mean we will see Windows XP after all, and the end of the
Internet as we know it when the script kiddies let loose a flood of packets
on every port as the world has never seen?

Actually, I never doubted the former, and will hold my breath on the latter.

David

On 9/6/01 3:10 PM, "Thomas Beckett" <thomas AT tbeckett.com> wrote:

> Medical Illustration wrote:
>> "The state attorneys general, who have also sued Microsoft, signaled they
>> agreed with the federal government's change of heart. "
> 
> This seems to be the line in the NY Times and the Post as well.
> 
> I guess the only surprise to me is that the Bushies waited so long.
> Perhaps they thought the courts would do it for them and then were
> shocked to find that they were actually winning in court.
> 
> The DoJ denies that it is caving in to Microsoft, but even if you
> rationally justify dropping the breakup remedy, I can't think of a good
> reason to just piss away one of your strongest negotiating chips like
> that.  
> 
> Green light to Microsoft.  They'll probably come up with a "settlement"
> that insulates M$ from further antitrust ligitation for the next 10
> years or something.
> 
> TaB
> 
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