“As a colleague said to me recently, “Someone should have taken
Bill Gates aside a few years ago and convinced him that he can’t
kill all the animals in the woods. Some have to live.” Gates was so
“hard-core”-his own word-that he did not know when to stop
shooting.”
“Even if Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson’s decision is
reversed on appeal, the suit has swept away the fear, uncertainty
and doubt that discouraged Microsoft’s partners from working with
its rivals. Restoration of unfairly restrained competition is
a good thing.”
“The question now is, What good will come of the breakup?
Consider that the lawsuit’s biggest impact may have already been
felt. … What’s certain is there will be no return to the days
when Microsoft ran roughshod over its competitors.”