The more time Microsoft has, it makes it harder [for the government] to establish a remedy that would limit Microsoft's flexibility in selling Windows 98, ... Each month that goes by makes it harder to obtain effective relief.

Microsoft succeeded in taking the initiative on the appeal, ... I don't think the government really thought through all of the possible scenarios, and Microsoft ended up outmaneuvering them.

This is the government's and Jackson's dilemma, ... No serious remedy will be put into place until the appeals process is finished. It's like someone knowing he's sick, but he gets a prescription that can't be filled for three years.

The case is important because it will define the rules of the game for the coming decades, ... The Microsoft case will define the rules for the new information economy.

I think in many ways, Microsoft has planted some seeds of doubt about the government's hypotheses,

I can't comprehend how bumpy the whole trail of witnesses have been for Microsoft. I'm absolutely dumbfounded.