It amazes me, for instance, that Disney books almost none of the tours for its own attractions. It's startling that the company has done almost nothing in such markets as education. The mistakes are of the forest and trees variety. Analysts are looking at this result, projecting to the future of the present case, and figuring Microsoft will either win or finesse all claims. Far more important, however, is what's already happened to Microsoft, what's happening now, and what will continue to happen as a result of this case.
Reporters calling on stories get more and more grief from more and more flacks.
Product managers deal more and more often with lawyers. And remember the government can always bring new cases, on different issues. A change in government won't stop this war. It is indeed like Gulliver and the Lilliputians. The opponents seem tiny and quarrelsome, but in time you go down.