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Too Proud to Beg (1/16/98)
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In this episode of "Redmond Justice," the Computer Reseller News reports that the panel for Microsoft's appeal of Judge Jackson's preliminary injunction has been set. The three judges to decide the case are A. Randolph Raymond, Stephen Williams, and Laurence Silberman. Microsoft drew at least one lucky card with Silberman, who has sided with Microsoft in the past-- ironically, to prevent the addition of further restrictions to the 1995 consent decree which Microsoft is now accused of violating.
Arguments in the appeal are scheduled to commence on April 21st. Until then, though, Jackson's injunction is in full effect, which means that the cranky judge can still sanction Microsoft in the ongoing contempt hearing (which attempts to determine whether Microsoft violated the injunction and should be fined $1 million a day). A ruling is expected next week, following closing arguments, and if Jackson's demeanor is any indication, Microsoft may just have to pay up.
Microsoft, however, seems as cocky as ever, as corporate public relations manager Michael Murray claims that they "feel pretty good about the hearing." (What channel were they watching?) He further claims that the hearing shows that Microsoft is "complying in good faith" and that "three months ago, they wanted the court to hold us in contempt for keeping Microsoft Internet Explorer in Windows 95. Now they want to hold us in contempt for taking it out." Interesting. Historically it's been Apple Marketing that's been smoking something "funny," but apparently now it's this Murray who didn't just say no... Note to Mikey: The judge is obviously pissed off. You might want to turn up the humility a notch until he makes his decision.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 1/16/98 episode: January 16, 1998: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)
Other scenes from that episode: 363: It's 1998, Not 1984 (1/16/98) Despite a groundswell of Super Bowl commercials being planned by large tech companies like Qualcomm, Oracle, Sun, and (of course) Intel (and their dancing Bunny Men), the buzz is that our own Apple Computer (one of the first tech companies ever to broadcast ads during the big game) will not be participating this year... 365: Netscape Says "Ouch" (1/16/98) Of course, as it turns out, Microsoft's plan to crush Netscape seems to be working quite well. Each quarter the browser share numbers show Netscape's customer base shrinking in relation to the growing pool of netsurfers using Internet Explorer as their browser...
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