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...threat of a potentially devastating antitrust trial must concentrate the mind wonderfully, however, for Gates has finally focused on his Washington woes. And he is attacking the issue the way he storms into any battle he's losing: identify the problem, open his wallet, and buy a solution. In this case, that means pricey Beltway sluggers like former Reagan imagemaker Mike Deaver; Congressman-cum-fixer Vin Weber; and Tom Downey, former New York Democratic Congressman and close personal friend of Al ("Year 2000") Gore...
Your report on the U.S. Justice department's antitrust suit against Microsoft [BUSINESS, Nov. 3] had a balanced view and was well written. But the issue is not whether Microsoft is a monopoly or uses unfair practices, such as requiring its hardware partners to put its Web browser, Internet Explorer, on the computers they make. The question is, Should the government do anything about it? It ought to break Microsoft into two or three companies and then get out of the way and let them compete. CHIEH CHANG Hillsborough, Calif...
...these words are being written, Michael Jordan and the mighty Chicago Bulls have a 500 record. Software giant Microsoft is battling antitrust suits brought by the U.S. government. And once-dominant children's entertainer Barney is now the subject of innumerable vicious parodies, with whole Web sites devoted to his gory demise. These three unrelated things delight us in similar ways. In each case, someone or something that was staggeringly successful for a long period of time has undergone a fall from grace...
...handed over thousands of pages of documents. As Klein sees it, the ultimate goal in the case is to keep Bill Gates or anyone else from blocking innovation in the markets for software and personal computers. "This is an enormously challenging time in terms of the application of antitrust law to a fast-moving industry," Klein says. Few who know him well--and increasingly those who don't--doubt that this Friend of Bill's from the Bronx is up to the task. --By John Greenwald. Reported by Bruce van Voorst/Washington
...Amount per day that the Justice Department wants to fine Microsoft for antitrust violations...