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Post #4,153 by brettj 8/8/01 1:05:00 AM Reply	And in related news. Check out the last sentence of this article. What does it really mean? [link\|http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,,3_862011,00.html\| Microsoft to Appeal Antitrust Case to Supreme Court] By Thor Olavsrud With the antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. slated to be turned back to the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia in just two days, the Redmond, Wash.-based software titan Tuesday upped the ante by petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia's decision to throw out the lower court's remedy to break up the company, but uphold the lower court's finding that the company had indeed acted as an illegal monopoly. ... In related news, the company also filed a petition with the appeals court, asking that it not take any action on the case until the Supreme Court decides whether it will take the case.
Post #4,154 by Andrew Grygus 8/8/01 1:24:59 AM Reply	It means all they're playing for . . . . is delay so XP can't be stopped. They know it's illegal and will be stopped if anyone can get to a judge to ask for the injunction. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #4,182 by Yendor 8/8/01 10:06:03 AM Reply	As someone said previously... ...it will cost even more in public humiliation if XP does get to ship, and they're then ordered to remove it from the shelves. Money spent on production. Money spent on distribution. Money spent on advertising. And then...Money spent on product removal. -YendorMike In order to understand recursion, one must understand recursion. ...And justice for all.
Post #4,184 by JayMehaffey 8/8/01 10:09:45 AM Reply	Delaying tactic They must be asking the appeals court not to do anything about appointing a new judge till they hear back from the SC about the appeal at that level. If they can get the court to agree to that and then think up 3 or 4 reasons to appeal to the SC, they could hang the process right where it is for a few weeks. I don't know if the court will be inclined to go along or not. I don't know of any reason the appeals court can't select a judge and let him begin reading the previous material before the SC rules on the appeal. Jay
Post #4,202 by brettj 8/8/01 11:26:32 AM Reply	If you can't win using facts, attack the Judge or Prosecutor ... or so the saying goes. This is exactly the strategy Microsoft is using. They aren't even attempting to dispute the facts in the case. They are using what has worked so well for them in the past: SPIN! Unfortunately for them, the U.S. Courts have shown that they are not amused by Microsoft's childish antics.

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