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That's Still On The Air? (9/26/00)
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"Redmond Justice"? What's that? Ohhhh, you mean the long-running courtroom drama that once had the whole world on the edge of its collective seat, as Microsoft and the U.S. government squared off in a tense battle over antitrust issues in the digital age. The one in which Microsoft eventually lost big, was ordered to split into multiple companies, and then filed an appeal whose outcome could well shape the future of the high-tech world for decades to come. Sorry, never heard of it.
Nah, we're just yanking your chain-- of course we remember that show. It enthralled a whole generation of antitrust drama addicts, after all; no one would be likely to forget that so soon. It's just that we can hardly believe it's still on the air, what with how slowly the plot's been moving these days. The last thing we can remember happening was Microsoft filing its appeal, and the Justice Department trying to kick it upstairs to the Supreme Court, thus bypassing the Microsoft-friendly Appeals Court entirely. Since then, all we've heard is little snippets like "the Supreme Court has neither agreed nor declined to hear the case yet." Until now, that is.
According to faithful viewer Milo Auckerman (who pointed out a CNET article), the Supreme Court has finally spoken on the possibility of an end-run around the appellate court, and the answer is a resounding no. "The direct appeal is denied and the case is remanded to" a lower court-- so states the order from the highest court in the land. That's a big blow to the government, but we look at it this way: now we get to watch the drama unfold with the Justice Department cast as the underdogs for a change. And odds are, with the way things are going, this case is Supreme Court-bound sooner or later. Finally, action again!
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 9/26/00 episode: September 26, 2000: The masses have spoken, and they think Mac OS X will be the greatest thing since pizza and Pringles. Meanwhile, an innovative hotel in Malaysia provides its guests free iBooks with wireless Internet access during breakfast, and "Redmond Justice" picks up the pace, as the Supreme Court denies the Justice Department's request for a fast-track appeals process...
Other scenes from that episode: 2571: Nothing Less Than Perfect (9/26/00) Alright, call off the dogs, people-- we get the point: Mac OS X is going to be a-okay. Yesterday we unleashed a torrent of angst about how Apple was new to a game that others have been playing for years, with varying degrees of success: namely, putting a smiley face on a scary-looking behemoth... 2572: iBreakfast Malaysian-Style (9/26/00) Imagine how cool this would be: you wake up after a restful night at a snazzy hotel, you go downstairs for breakfast, and your waiter brings you an iBook with your morning coffee. This iBook just happens to be tricked out with an AirPort card and Internet access, so you can surf your favorite sites and check your email while stuffing your face...
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