IBM didn't beat the DOJ as much as President Regan dropped the suit in the early 80s (82 or 83 I think) as part of his ``Smaller Government'' or ``Business Friendly Government'' or something like that. Before that, it had been going on for 10 years. That's what I mean, the DOJ can't sustain long lawsuits, the administrations change and the zealots get the rug pulled out from under them. Same may happen here, DOJ gets something started but when Steve Forbes tales office in 2001, the DOJ suit is history the next day. Jack Peacock