My point is the same as Ed Black's, and (I believe) David Burnham's: Antitrust investigations as important as this one cannot be divorced from politics. I suppose a corollary to that is that MSFT's competitors should be wary of calling for the Feds to step in; that can backfire when MSFT increases its lobbying efforts and turns the tables. -Declan On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Glenn Hauman wrote:

At 12:40 PM -0500 11/25/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:

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Former NY Times and Newseek reporter David Burnham writes in his book about the Justice Department: "The record is clear. Political campaign contributions, personal bribes and other direct and indirect favors have frequently influenced important Justice Department disions about the enforcement of law... Virtually every administration has demanded that the Justice Department bend the law..."

Hold it-- are you suggesting that the DOJ is being restrained in going after Microsoft? By who?