IP: Replies to DoJ's Joel Klein and breaking up Microsoft

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 08:54:28 -0400
>To: farber@cis.upenn.edu, ip-sub-1@majordomo.pobox.com
>From: Will Rodger <jns-rodger@home.net>
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>Lee McKnight wrote:
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>>>Those counting on Bush to pull Microsoft out of the fire are again 
>>>forgetting
>>>history - the Reagan White House would not touch the IBM or AT&T cases 
>>>for fear of
>>>the repercussions, and instead delegated to the DOJ antitrust chief to 
>>>transform
>>>the telecoms and computer industries. For AT&T, a sword through the firm 
>>>was the
>>>instrument of choice; for IBM, only the threat was needed to gain the 
>>>desired
>>>result. Want to bet that a Bush administration would not act the same as
>>>Reagan's?
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>What the next administration does isn't especially important.
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>The 19 states continue to press their point. Now, the case is essentially 
>over; the appeals process, though lengthy, takes insignificant manpower by 
>comparison.
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>The states are more than capable of seeing this case through to the end, 
>regardless of what DOJ does now or in the future. The only mystery is how 
>it plays out in the courts.
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>Will Rodger
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