On Thursday September 23 1999 at 00:33, Charles Gaefke wrote to Coridon
Henshaw:

 CH>> I think that depends on the outcome of the various MS antitrust suits.
 CH>> If gets hammered, WinXX could end up very much dead.  If MS gets off
 CH>> scot free even with another slap on the wrist, the Microsoft monopoly
 CH>> will grow explosively, likely in areas beyond the computing field.

 CG> As long as consumers are braindead and hop on the "latest release of
 CG> Windows is the best version of Windows" bandwagon, suit or no suit,
 CG> M$ is raking in money hand over fist with their Windows cash cow.

My definition of 'getting hammered' is a judgement along the lines of the AT&T 
breakup.  Billyboy won't be in a very good position to market WinWhatever if
his corporate fingers have been cut off.

Even forcing Billyboy to remove Exploder from Windows could be a bitter pill.  
Considering how deeply Exploder is integrated into Windows, it could take
years to produce a legally-compliant, Exploder-free operating system.

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