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...resolution to the matter, and that limitations on the software giant’s practices would be sufficient to protect competition in the software industry. That logic, however, has not been borne out by experience. Past efforts at limiting Microsoft’s monopolistic behavior through “conduct remedies”—agreements that force a company to change its practices rather than its structure—have been ineffective at spurring market competition. In 1994, after years of government investigation, Microsoft modified its licensing contract with PC makers under a settlement reached with Justice Department...
...signal that a strong lobby or a change in the political winds can buy a get-out-of-jail-free card. The concern that the government’s decision might have been politically motivated also calls into question the department’s commitment to enforcing any conduct remedies that are placed on the company...
...change in its business practices, the government must be prepared to take aggressive measures to ensure that the software monopoly does not abuse its power. Already, Microsoft has challenged AOL/Time Warner (the owner of Netscape) over the presence of AOL icons on its desktop. The corrections of a conduct remedy should be enforced so as to have as powerful an effect as possible in combating Microsoft’s predatory and monopolistic practices...
...able to identify Asian nations and the ocean that separates North America from Asia by name, the United States faces serious problems in the not distant future. Although we may know facts, statistics, and names, it is difficult for Americans to understand the different value systems, codes of moral conduct, priorities and ways of thinking that exist in Asia, which often conflict with...
...This is the sort of thing Justice has in mind when it says it will "end Microsoft's unlawful conduct, prevent its recurrence and open the operating- systems market to competition." But George W. Bush, fearing for both his economy and his standing with the business lobby, seems unlikely to press too hard -not when Bill Gates is his still a leading candidate to get the tech sector fizzing again. Microsoft, after some rough-and-tumble negotiations, looks poised to go free...