On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Jeffry Smith wrote:
>> I'll bet anyone a nickel that, by the time the case gets to the supreme
>> court, the law will have changed and MS will no longer be guilty.
>
> Except that that's too late. They've already been tried & found guilty.
I think changes to law can be made such that any punishments are dropped
when the law is repealed, but then, IANAL.
> Then, to find MS not guilty would require throwing out the Sherman &
> Clayton acts, that have stood for 100 years.
No, just add a clause saying that an OS/browser combination is legal, or
some other such loophole.
And to repeat: Fifty billion dollars buys a lot of congressmen.
> I think too blatent of a pandering to MS would hurt most politicians more
> than they want.
Last I heard, public opinion was still largely divided on this. Many people
still see Bill Gates as an American Hero, and think the mean ole government is
just trying to play the bully.
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