Sluggers;
Being an ex-Yank and knowing and following what happens there, I'm
pretty sure that the incoming Bush administration will stop the
prosecution of MS one way or another. It was a political decision of the
Reagan/Bush administrations in the 80s and early 90s not to prosecute MS
despite the DOJ having the goods on them. Even though MS has been
convicted of anti-trust law violations and the case is still before the
courts, the administration can direct the DOJ to drop the case by
cutting off the funding to continue it. Look for MS to return to it's
predacious practices ... threatening smaller software and hardware
companies if they deal with anyone else, attempting to take over the Net
with propriety software etc. MS donated A LOT of money to the
Republicans.
Hope the open source movement is strong enough to withstand the
onslaught.
Richard
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