Word: contemptibles
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...Beyond that, details of the settlement are sketchy. But it does seem Bill Gates has come to his senses ? and realized how close his company came to being found in contempt by an unsympathetic Jackson...
...them is definitely going to flunk. Yes, despite the holiday, Microsoft and the Justice Department were working up to the last minute Monday on the "ten pages or less" summaries mandated by Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, who is seeking some simple perspectives in what has become an increasingly complex contempt hearing...
...compared them to the devil in an E-mail to a friend at rival Netscape ? a claim that Jackson denounced on the grounds that the E-mail was clearly written in jest. In any case, the very mention of sanctions does not bode well for the outcome of the contempt hearing, when the Justice Department is asking for a $1 million-a-day fine to be slapped on the Redmond corporation. Indeed, Microsoft may have mounted a vigorous technical defense Wednesday of why Windows 95 and Internet Explorer remain essentially entwined. But when it comes down to it, the fuming...
Microsoft in Legal Limbo The judge in the Microsoft contempt hearing recessed until Monday, after a day of sparring between the company and the Justice Department. Full Story The Hearing Blow-by-Blow TIME: Target: Microsoft
...government, whose exasperation was almost tangible, were limited to dragging out a very basic video presentation to explain very slowly how easy it was to exorcise Explorer. They insisted Microsoft was in contempt, and seem set to ask Jackson to implement the long-threatened $1 million-a-day fine. But Bill Gates has lost none of his Teflon coating ? despite the court wrangling, set to continue Wednesday, and another antitrust investigation in Japan, Microsoft stock still managed to end the day up another three points...