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Sorry, my bad

Oops, mixed up your two cases there.

In the case of Sun, I believe there hadn't yet been a verdict in
their US case against MS (filed in March '02) when the whole EU
business was going on. Clearly this doesn't fit the bill of what
you were implying, that they had already lost their US case
before "crying to the EU" because the US court had not yet ruled.
They settled quite nicely and made a ton of money off the case,
and I think they are satisfied with how the US case came out.

As for Real filing in California, they claim it's because most of
their witnesses are in the Silicon Valley (I can't vouch for the
validity of this), but expect the case to be moved to Baltimore:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/
2001819201_real190.html

The lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Jose, Calif.
RealNetworks executives said they chose Silicon Valley because
it is home to a number of witnesses who have seen firsthand the
impact of Microsoft's predatory practices.

"We felt very comfortable that when a jury is able to see the
entire story and hear the witnesses, they're going to conclude
that Microsoft has once again violated the antitrust laws," said
RealNetworks general counsel Robert Kimball.

San Jose is also where Sun filed its Microsoft case in March
2002. That case was moved to a federal court in Baltimore that
was hearing other private antitrust cases.

RealNetworks expects its case to be moved to Baltimore as well,
though it would likely come back to California once a trial
begins.

Microsoft's Smith had not decided whether to ask to move the
case to another court. "I was surprised that one Seattle company
is going to California to sue another Seattle company," he said.
"There is a federal courthouse in Seattle."

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