From: Matt Gingell (mjg223@is7.nyu.edu)
Date: Sun May 28 2000 - 14:13:16 MDT
>I'm curious what would happen if MicroSoft simply announced that they have
>no intentions of breaking up the company, and intend to just go on with
>business as usual, disregarding government orders, and that they would no
>longer bother to even show up at the trial. Whoever made the decision could
>be arrested, and if this included enough people, MS could cease to function.
>What would be the effect on the economy, and would the government be smart
>enough to know this effect and not arrest them?
Well, if the Justice Department had any sense of humor, the first step would be
announcing that it would be ignoring any copyright of intellectual property
claims brought by Microsoft or concerning their products. I can't see that would
be anything but wonderful for the economy.
-matt
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