US District Court Judge Dee Benson is scheduled to hold the final pre-trial conference in Caldera vs Microsoft today, Tuesday December 7 1999. Such conferences are usually procedural, and the judge is expected to address mostly housekeeping issues such as the conduct and protocol he expects. It is, however, possible that Judge Benson may amend the trial’s start date, now slated for January 17 2000. He has already warned participants that an unrelated criminal trial could delay the Caldera-Microsoft trial by a week or two.
