It is pretty obvious Microsoft is stuck between a rock and a hard place. The rock is the explosive growth Linux, and the hard place is the Department of Justice. Shipments of Linux for server duty are soaring, while shipments of Windows NT stagnate or even decline. Clearly, Microsoft needs to bring their FUD guns (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) to bear, but are reluctant to do so while judge Jackson is watching. Linux is the only thing they have to point at when they tell the judge "we do not have a monopoly". The judge, of course, knows better anyway. Linux sells primarily to the server market - where Microsoft does not have a monopoly - not into the desktop market where Microsoft does have a monopoly.