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Carl, I do agree with the COA in part.
If you are tied to Judge Jackson's very, very narrowly defined universe of computing then he had a point.

However, to agree with it one must agree the ONLY PC's in the world are built on the X86 CPU. Apple and IBM obviously would have a very different view but of course Jackson didn't want to hear them. Palm too would have a different view but they too were not allowed to speak. And you know those transmetta guys, well they had nothing of value to offer either.

You also have to toss out PC's that are used in the role of a server. Why? Because it would have shown it to be a false argument of course. What about Sun and their diskless workstations? Well, they don't count either. IBM? Naw, they aren't competition...

The thing is, I could take ANY market and narrow it down to a fine enough point to "prove" that someone holds a monopoly in it. (GM holds a true monopoly in the Chevy small block 350 engine.) But that doesn't prove a true monopoly at all, if anything it shows that said company has done an excellent job of finding their niche and satisfying the consumers in it.

For this reason, I do not agree with the monopoly ruling.
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settlement  V Sanders | 09/27/04
it is BUNDELD with the OS  V Sanders | 09/27/04
Delayed = meaningless?  rapson | 09/27/04
Don't mock Emperor Monti.  Anton Philidor | 09/27/04
move on  PA-ITGuy | 09/27/04
Not exactly "moving on"  rapson | 09/27/04
Stop the Raps.  systemcleaner | 09/27/04
Sounds good.  Anton Philidor | 09/27/04
Not the point.  systemcleaner | 09/27/04
So damage Microsoft, even if they're eventually vindicated.  Anton Philidor | 09/27/04
Rarely do courts punish before ruling.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04
Certainly  rapson | 09/27/04
Heres a clue for you...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04
Think of it this way...  Anton Philidor | 09/27/04
Let me ask you this.  systemcleaner | 09/27/04
The response to "So damage Microsoft ..."  systemcleaner | 09/27/04
Shouldn't a legal system be concerned about fairness...  Anton Philidor | 09/27/04
Get to the point and answer this question. No blah, blah, blahs.  systemcleaner | 09/27/04
If you might be on a jury...  Anton Philidor | 09/27/04
And fair to the competition. Consider...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04
So your complaint is your to stupid to choose something else?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04
Insulting people already?  B.O.F.H. | 09/27/04
And my complaint is .....  Taz_z | 09/27/04
After being called a *****, I was being polite.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04
No, the complaint would be...  MacCanuck | 09/28/04
Monti boy wants to be "remembered".  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04
Empire building  Anton Philidor | 09/27/04
His batting average is zero.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04
So that's why Longhorn is late...  Anton Philidor | 09/27/04
Microsoft, stop the tricky dicky tricks! It is getting old.  systemcleaner | 09/27/04
Difference  rapson | 09/27/04
Lighten up.  systemcleaner | 09/27/04
huh?  Jeff Spicoli | 09/27/04
Well...  rapson | 09/27/04
Just watch the ABMer's  Michael L Hereid Sr | 09/27/04
irreparable damage  alterego_z | 09/27/04
That is true.  systemcleaner | 09/27/04
The EU NEEDS to rush this through. HURRY!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04
Which way is the wind blowing?  IT_User | 09/27/04
You must be confused.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04
The US COA ruled that Microsoft was a monopoly  B.O.F.H. | 09/27/04
Let's see if i can explain it in small enough words for you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04
Courts have been wrong before  rapson | 09/27/04
Carl, I do agree with the COA in part.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04
The scope of the case and appeals dealt with desktop machines.  B.O.F.H. | 09/27/04
Yes BOFH, I DO understand Jackson stacked the deck.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04
Did the Court of Appeal stack the deck, too?  B.O.F.H. | 09/27/04
Interesting that no one disagrees with me.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04
Aren't you the person who likes to quote the 95% figure?  B.O.F.H. | 09/27/04
No, I use the 95% number to show how silly Jackson was.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04
You misudes the 95% figure!  B.O.F.H. | 09/27/04
They aren't my figures, they belong to a discreditied judge.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04
One final note...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04
No one disagrees with you?  systemcleaner | 09/28/04
I wish they would  Fred Fredrickson | 09/28/04
Wow, Xunil_Sierutuf letters must have  FilledOut | 09/27/04
Will Munich leaders be called as a witness?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/04

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