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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (1329)	12/5/2002 10:44:11 AM
From: David Howe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18416

LOL << BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A federal judge Wednesday suggested Sun Microsystems Inc. drop some demands and go directly to trial on whether to force software giant Microsoft Corp. to carry Sun's Java program. U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz said Sun, in its private antitrust suit against Microsoft, might want to drop its request for a preliminary injunction on carrying Java and set aside its claim for more than $1 billion in damages. >> What will the bashers say about this? Some of them seemed to think that fines might be significant. I continue to feel that fines will be a NON-ISSUE as far as MSFT's valuation goes. IMO, Dave