I think the intriguing thing in the afternoon was the chief judge led the charge [against the government's case] on some of these issues.

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.

Today's action makes it likely that during the period that the Supreme Court is considering the case, there will likely be a suspension of the interim remedies.

It creates somewhat of a more positive environment for negotiations, because the government has made this a personal case.

Microsoft succeeded in drawing the judge's attention to, at minimum, diminishing any remedies prescribed at the end of the case, ... They've also put doubt in his mind that Netscape has been precluded from getting its products to its customers.

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