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It's Payback Time! (1/6/98)
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Meanwhile, back to "Redmond Justice." Is Judge Jackson trying to sneak in a ringer? Faithful viewer Bob Rodenburg pointed us to a Washington Post article which describes Microsoft's dismay at Jackson's choice of a "special master." Last month Judge Jackson appointed Harvard law professor and "technology expert" Lawrence Lessig to examine the facts in the infamous Internet Explorer dispute. Apparently Microsoft's less than thrilled with the prospects of Lessig having any say in the case's outcome

Why? Because, they claim, Lessig has "preconceived notions" about Microsoft. As evidence of this, they point to email that Lessig has sent to--gasp!--a Netscape employee. (Makes sign of the cross and spits over left shoulder.) The DoJ says, of course, that it's perfectly natural for a tech expert to know someone who happens to work at Netscape. (And after all, where are you ever going to find a technology expert who has zero preconceived notions about Microsoft?)

We're sure that our faithful viewers find it plain to see the real reason that Microsoft is sweating the Lessig appointment: Professor Lessig is a Mac user! And after spending a July day dealing with ensuing problems after installing IE on his Mac, in an email message to Netscape's global public policy counsel, Lessig wrote, "Ok, now this is making me really angry..." What do you think? Is the judge stacking the deck against Microsoft? After all, it could just be a coincidence-- a lot of Mac users who installed IE on their systems spent some time cursing Microsoft thereafter...

 
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The above scene was taken from the 1/6/98 episode:

January 6, 1998: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 333: That Ink Be Black! (1/6/98)   Do we even need to link to a source? The news is all over the web like a bad rash: As revealed by Steve "I'm Dramatic!" Jobs at the end of his Expo keynote, Apple expects to post a $45 million profit for the last calendar quarter of 1997...

  • 334: No Comment! (1/6/98)   Yet despite his triumphant keynote address, all was not perfect in Steve's day today. Shortly after his speech, he was interviewed on CNBC by tech reporter Bruce Francis, and the interview, shall we say, took a nasty turn...

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