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...play. Last week Federal Judge THOMAS PENFIELD JACKSON ordered Microsoft to stop forcing PC makers to include its Explorer Web browser on Windows 95 machines, at least until Harvard law professor LAWRENCE LESSIG completes a study of the company's business practices as they relate to federal antitrust law. A Lessig conclusion that Microsoft's plan to knit Explorer into the upcoming Windows 98 system violates antitrust statutes could mean the biggest antitrust battle since the Feds broke up Ma Bell in the 1980s. The stakes? Just the future of Windows; which is to say the PC; which...
...What Gates may want to be more concerned about, though, is Wednesday?s New York Times report that state attorneys general have been meeting in secret to consider their own antitrust lawsuits. Throw in government investigations in Europe and a possible Senate hearing, and you have a similar scenario to the one that bled the tobacco giants. Did somebody say "timber...
Barking Back at Bill It's antitrust thrust and parry as Justice fires off another contempt request. But behind the front lines, state A-Gs may be massing on their...
...utilization of antitrust suits against Microsoft's steamrolling growth has been overdue for years. Any company that holds a near monopoly over a vital aspect of the booming computer industry (the Windows operating system) and continues to grow at a ravenous pace is due for a reality check...
...Justice Department and Netscape should stop whining about Microsoft's alleged monopoly. In a competitive marketplace, failure to serve customers means that the competition wins. The Sherman Antitrust Act was never designed to protect companies that fail to provide service and then whine when their customers turn to competitors for it. JOHN M. SHONTZ Helena, Mont...