In this long national nightmare known as the Microsoft-DOJ case, we've learned not to count on the software company from Redmond, Wash., to do the right thing. Now is the time to change that perception. We wanted the company to settle out of court before the case went to trial. Even before that, we wanted it to stop being so cavalier and bullying about business practices. We wanted it to cooperate in pretrial depositions. Once the case was on trial, we wanted Microsoft to not pull any fast ones hidden behind the complexities of its software. At each step, we were disappointed.
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