What we need to do now is watch the situation develop. But we can't just sit and wait for the final decision. You just try and concentrate on your business. Still others trotted out arguments that have been discussed, dissected, supported and refuted for some time now. The fact is, as the Internet became more and more important, Microsoft was becoming less and less important.
Nobody wants to go back to the days of one telephone company.
Microsoft has expressed no regret for its actions throughout these proceedings, and the company has not recognized any wrongdoing. This is why a combination of structural and conduct remedies is the right and essential means to deal with Microsoft's continued abuse of its monopoly power. Lawyers, on the other hand, were a bit more surprised by the tenor and the terseness of Jackson's final order in the case. There is a certain sense toward the end he ran out of steam. And while there's no end to the case in sight for the high-tech world, Sterling said the one person who is probably as tired of hearing about it as anyone will get a reprieve.