It looks much more likely that the two sides will settle.

The wild card is how the Supreme Court will treat them.

Microsoft likes its chances in the appeals courts, ... Posner, who is an appellate judge, will tell them what is likely to happen in the appeals courts.

It doesn't decide the major appeal before the D.C. Court of Appeals,

Their chances on appeal are certainly greater than in front of Judge Jackson.

Microsoft needs a settlement more than the government.