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Well, I would have to see what was in it for Jackson. I mean, if he wanted to let Microsoft of the hook he could have made different findings of fact. But his findings of fact are permanent. Remember that Jackson's problems around the statements he made affect his career, not just the Microsoft ruling. Plus, the review won't and can't lift his findings of fact. They can only change the decisions based on those findings, and the appeal found, based on those findings, the MS is guilty. The only change is that the remedy must be revisited. Jackson's findings of fact went right along with his statements. If he wanted a milder treatment of MS, he could simply have found them less guilty and recommended less of a remedy. This would have gone along with his treatment of them years before when he signed the mild consent decree. Because of Jackson's findings, there will be a remedy and now the door is opened for affected vendors (those damaged by MS) to file suit for specific damages in their case. Personally, I think Jackson was angry and upset by the way MS treated his courtroom. I think he felt that if MS knew how much they were ticking him off they'd be more respectful in court. But it never happened. ----- Original Message ----- From: <thomas@inorbit.com> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 7:55 PM Subject: RE: no Java in XP Windows > John: > > On Wed, 18 July 2001, "John Taylor" wrote: > > > The whole episode with Jackson doesn't quite sit right with me. I mean, why > > on earth would a seasoned, intelligent judge, do something so blatantly > > foolish, when he surely must have known that it would mean the end of his > > ruling? I find it very difficult to accept that he's dumb enough to > > unwittingly put himself in that position. > > Yow! ANOTHER interpretation I thought I was nuts over. The Jackson bit has been so improbable that I've secretly wondered if it wasn't purposeful. > > Tom Liotta > > > -- > Tom Liotta > The PowerTech Group, Inc. > 19426 68th Avenue South > Kent, WA 98032 > Phone 253-872-7788 > Fax 253-872-7904 > http://www.400Security.com > > > ___________________________________________________ > The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe > Better! Faster! More Powerful! > 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! > http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/ > > > > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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