I think the intriguing thing in the afternoon was the chief judge led the charge against the government's case on some of these issues.
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Microsoft has already changed its behavior, ... They've backed off some of the contested practices. Their competitors have been emboldened to do things they may not have done before the trial. The government has gotten a lot of what they wanted. The company is not swinging away like they used to.William Kovacic
Microsoft succeeded in drawing the judge's attention to, at minimum, diminishing any remedies prescribed at the end of the case, ... They've also put doubt in his mind that Netscape has been precluded from getting its products to its customers.
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They have to take the additional step of explaining the reason everyone does these types of deals is because it's pro-competitive, ... The government argues that other companies make these deals because they are driven to the wall to stay alive, that they're driven to these desperate measures because Microsoft forced them to.
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Each side will be describing a different planet.
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The great psychic fear in the Justice Department is that it will achieve a hollow victory, ... There will be this declaration of a violation of the law, but they will not have effective solutions to restore competition.
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The chances are greater than zero, but not much. Regardless of who's asking for an injunction, the chances are very remote that one would be granted in time.
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