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To Block or Not To Block (3/13/98)
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Reports have been flying all over the place that the Justice Department was planning not to block Microsoft's plans to release Windows 98 this June. However, today Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein squarely denies this, stating that they're still pooling their options. You can see the details in a Reuters article.

Apparently all the talk originated from a Wall Street Journal article, which claimed that the Department of Justice was "unlikely" to block Microsoft's shipment of Windows 98 on time, provided that they also made available a version without the Internet Explorer browser. According to Klein, though, the DoJ has "made no determination what, if any, action [they] will take and no determination if [they] were to take action as to what remedy." (Suppose lawyers talk like that in their private lives, too?)

Stay tuned for future developments in the ongoing "Redmond Justice" case. We're glad to hear that Justice hasn't necessarily to lay off just yet-- there's still a lot of fun to be had in the courtroom regarding Microsoft's business practices. It'd be a shame to see all that potential entertainment go unrealized.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 3/13/98 episode:

March 13, 1998: Does the appointment of a new VP of Worldwide Operations imply that Steve Jobs will be sticking around the set for a while? Meanwhile, Apple and the press show signs of rekindling their old love affair gone sour, and the Justice Department denies that they've made any decisions about whether or not to target Windows 98...

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 531: Reading the Tea Leaves (3/13/98)   A couple of days ago, Apple hired ex-Compaq VP of Corporate Materials (ewww, with a job title like that, no wonder he left) Timothy Cook as its new VP of Worldwide Operations. (That's better.) Cook will be responsible for all aspects of manufacturing, distribution, etc...

  • 532: The Press Gets Smoochy (3/13/98)   And we hope that Jobs does stick around, if he's even partially responsible for the veritable Love Fest Apple's enjoying in the press lately. For a prime example of the kind of turnaround Apple's receiving, just check out this CNET article, which begins by stating that Apple is "rotten no more."...

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