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Re: Limit on # of figures in HTH?
Jackson's disdain for Microsoft's defense, never exactly a secret, became
more and more evident as the trial wore on. One February afternoon, before
gaveling court into session, he offered some words of wisdom he claimed
were directed at no one in particular, but whose target in fact could hardly
have been clearer. "The code of tribal wisdom says that when you discover
you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount," Jackson
said. But lawyers "often try other strategies with dead horses, including
the following: buying a stronger whip; changing riders; saying things like,
'This is the way we've always ridden this horse'; appointing a committee
to study the horse; ... declaring the horse is better, faster, and cheaper
dead; and, finally, harnessing several dead horses together for increased
speed." Jackson smiled and then turned to Boies. "That said, the witness
is yours."