RE: Digital: (NYT) May File Antitrust Suit Against Intel

Robert S. Thau (rst@ai.mit.edu)
Mon, 2 Jun 1997 18:57:29 -0400 (EDT)


Joe Barrera writes:
> (BTW, did you drop the first "less pedantic" point?)

Nope; it was the point about resellers, which got moved further up.

> Now remember... this is all (according to the conspiracy theory) just a
> strategy to *distract* the DOJ, Reback, etc. from Microsoft... it
> doesn't require that DEC actually has a strong enough case to win... and
> (since this is an anti-Microsoft conspiracy theory) I'm only debating
> this side of the argument as a public service. :-)

It may not require a strong enough case to win, but it does at least
require a substantive argument on Digital's part which has some clear
basis in the facts... and I don't see that yet on the public record.

rst