Microsoft is doing everything it can to , lest he pick up a chair and heave it across the courtroom. At the same time, its coven of highly paid attorneys are , essentially arguing that a) people who bought Vista Home Edition machines should have known they would suck, despite the label hardware makers glued to the box; and b) Microsoft gained no market advantage by deceiving consumers changing its labeling requirements.

Like OJ, Microsoft might yet win the case -- despite what the evidence suggests. When you can afford to hire as your attorneys, you can fend off anything but the apocalypse. But in the minds of anyone who's read those e-mails, they've already lost. And ultimately that's the bigger battle.

OK, Microsoft fans and foes. What do you think? E-mail your highly nuanced legal arguments to me: cringe@infoworld.com.