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Set Those VCRs Now (11/18/99)
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Still following the roller coaster antitrust saga known as "Redmond Justice"? Well, the producers have just released the latest updates to the broadcast schedule, and there's good news: we've got entertainment a-plenty lined up for the next several months. If you thought that Judge Jackson's intensely anti-Microsoft findings of fact represented the fat lady's song, you've severely underestimated the glacial pace of our legal system. Fear not! There's lots more to come.
According to a Reuters article, Judge Jackson has now set the dates for the next events in this ongoing drama. First, the government's side has to file a brief in response to those hot-as-a-pistol findings of fact before December 6th. Then Microsoft has to do the same by January 17th. These briefs are to be no more than 70 pages apiece-- a bit unfair, perhaps, since the judge's last document was over 200 pages long, but what the hell, he's the judge and he can do what he wants.
Then comes the reply briefs. Before January 24th, the government will have to issue no more than 30 pages responding to Microsoft's response to the judge's findings. Then Microsoft has until the 31st to issue a 30-page reply to the government's response brief-- the 70-pager, not the new 30-pager. (Confused? You will be-- after this episode of "Redmond Justice.") And finally, in February, the judge will hear oral arguments from each side. We expect that little episode to be a real nail-biter.
Of course, if Chairman Bill is in a mood to compromise (and it appears that he might be, given his "deer in the headlights" look earlier this week as he repeatedly refused to rule out a settlement requiring a Microsoft break-up), then this whole schedule might go right out the window. So keep your fingers crossed and hope that Bill's ego re-inflates-- without a settlement, we've got entertainment gold lined up for months.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 11/18/99 episode: November 18, 1999: Apple puts a damper on third-party Sherlock 2 plug-ins by quietly blocking ads from "unsanctioned" sites. Meanwhile, "Redmond Justice" continues to pull in the ratings as the judge sets the dates for the next several episodes, and what do you get when you stick Bill Gates and several hundred PC geeks in a dance club? Do you really want to know?...
Other scenes from that episode: 1921: Searching For Ads (11/18/99) Remember when Mac OS 8.5 first came out, and Apple was touting it as "a brand new Mac for $99"? Evidently Apple's marketing department felt that an improved search utility was all it takes to transform an aging Power Mac 7200 into a sparkly new G3, since the biggest visible addition in Mac OS 8.5 was Sherlock... 1923: Oh, The Humanity... (11/18/99) It was a scene straight out of Night of the Living Geeks, and we're sorry we couldn't have witnessed it first-hand. Actually, no, we take that back-- we're positively thrilled that we didn't witness it first-hand, because some things stop being funny and cross right over into the realm of intense psychic pain...
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