FC: As Microsoft-watchers wait for appeals decision, tension mounts

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Tue Jun 26 2001 - 07:08:37 PDT

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       MS Monopoly Vigil Intensifies
       By Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
       2:00 a.m. June 26, 2001 PDT
       
       WASHINGTON -- Nearly four months have elapsed since a federal appeals
       court heard arguments in the Microsoft antitrust case, and advocates
       on all sides are starting to sweat.
       
       It's not just the summer heat. A combination of events -- including
       the court's recent announcement of its plans for distributing the
       decision of U.S. v. Microsoft and the announced retirement of the
       chief judge in July -- have led to a kind of nervous anxiety not seen
       since U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson was preparing to
       declare Microsoft a recidivist monopolist.
    
       Among Microsoft-watchers, the heebie-jeebies become most acute every
       Tuesday and Friday here around 10 a.m. That's when the appeals court
       normally releases opinions, though it recently noted that "usual
       practice may not be followed in this case."
    
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