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"Did you send that email, Mr. Gates?"

".................................................................uh................*rock* ...............I.............."

SKA-WIRM YOU RAT!!!

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Then get Bell Atlantic to drop a couple of ISDN lines so they could get a good connection, instead of whining about the always-variable speeds you get with a V.90 modem. And then finally run the tests MS claimed to have run in their 'lab'.

I swear, just when I think the justice system just might have a clue, or at least a good tech consultant, they pull another stunt like this just to prove me wrong.

"The only good windmill is a tilted windmill."

At a news conference on the steps of the federal courthouse after the trial adjourned for the week, spokesman Mark Murray stood with the company's general counsel and another top executives and acknowledged that the tape "was using computers in a studio to illustrate the points that we had discovered in the laboratory." - boston.com

"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
"Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler

So complete was the annhiliation inside the courtroom that [Microsoft] finally had to admit what had clearly been proven over three days of cross-examination: that the original tape was not what they originally said it was. - San Jose Mercury News

By offering this falsified evidence, Microsoft may have lost the trial right here.

Kudos to Christian Hicks and Peter Creath, consultants to the DOJ, who spotted the discrepancies in the tape. Now with Elysium Digital, they are former students of Edward Felten.

So instead, follow the link, and then edit the URL bar...

My favorite scapegoat/sacraficial offer prediction in this new comedy is tommorow's headline will have Allchin suddenly claiming personal responsibility alone for the tape, and offering his 'resignation', as soon as Mr Gates completes his little stock sale for his sudden 'liquidity problem' that was also very recently reported (ie cold cash is needed for hush money).

But then again, this corporate march to suicide by Microsoft may go just about anywhere. On a sadder note, I am sure there are plenty of low level microsurfs in Redmond taking the heat over this mess. No doubt a few heads will be neadlessly cutoff and fired, since they have the reputation for being that sort of company with their employees where the managers 'play political games' with their high tech sweatshop temps rather than manage or try to build a loyal and 'enfranchised' workforce (this being what I feel is part of the real problem with Microsoft and why they cant seem to get product out on time or with any quality, but anyone else who was ever interviewed there or been on their campus for any time may well come to a similar conclusion).

That's it. I'm going over to the dark side. I have become convinced that the laws in this country only apply below a certain income level. Time to start working on getting mine above that point.

However, if you think about it long enough you start to think it might be true.
"You cannot uncook Mushoo pork once is has been cooked" -- wiseman

Over the last 6 months I've heard more than one BillG-is-the-greatest-capitolist-of-alltime type guys in the financial industry say how they think Gates want's MS to be broken up so that he can build up a powerhouse again. It's always sounded like BS to me but this kind of screw-up makes that sound plausible. It's almost like they want to lose, or they don't understand the the government means business.

So they botch this bad, real bad. Since day one the world has known that they have a hostile judge who will most likely rule against them and that the government has a case of some weight (not bullet proof but it's not empty either) MS is going to lose, I'm convinced of it. They will appeal and it will take 5 years for all of the dust to finally settle but they hurt their credibility in court and their appeal will now be tainted. What I want to know is how likely is it that they won't be able to ship windows because of it? If they are broken up, drastic action is taken and they will appeal but during the appeals process they would have to folow the court's orders. Maybe I'm naive about this kind of law but I would think that Windows2000 might not ship for quite a while, not because of techincal issues (that's never stopped MS from shipping before..) but because of legal ones. At which point the title fight would be over, linux would have won and the conversion would just be a matter of formality. Is that possible? Where I work we are doing some major projects for win2000 and a federal injunction that keeps it from shipping would probably be enough to re-route that river (like that earth quake the moved the Mississippi..)

Millenium, about your statement:

that makes the second time they've fabricated evidence.

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