Word: kleine
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...Friday when an Antitrust Division lawyer called from the courthouse, a hot-off-the-presses copy of the Microsoft decision in his hands. "What does it say?" asked an eager Joel Klein, head of the division, who was waiting in his conference room with the government's trial team. "I'm on page 16," replied the lawyer who was speed-reading his way through, "and it says they're a monopolist!" "Great!" said Klein. "Keep reading...
...folksy former Netscape CEO who testified at the trial that Microsoft tried to suffocate his company, hailed the findings of fact as "an 11 on a 10-point scale." Michael Morris, general counsel for Sun Microsystems, crowed that "Microsoft is in deep, deep trouble, and they know it." Klein, flanked by Attorney General Janet Reno at a celebratory press conference, declared that it "shows once again that in America, no person and no company is above...
...Microsoft is found to have violated the law, then what? Klein and his troops are scrupulously avoiding talking about a remedy (though they've had experts on retainer for months sorting through the options). The gamut of possible outcomes runs from a mild go-forth-and-sin-no-more to the truly Draconian stuff: forcing Microsoft to share its Windows source code with its competitors or carving up the company into the so-called Baby Bills (see chart). A judge's findings of fact are often a good indication of how far he's willing to go. It's like...
...sides are plainly feeling their way to a settlement, with Gates emphasizing in a message to customers, partners and shareholders Friday that "Microsoft is committed to resolving this matter in a fair and responsible manner," while Justice Department point man Joel Klein emphasized that the government was weighing up a wide range of remedies but was not seeking financial penalties. "A remedy that keeps Microsoft competitive and doesn't debilitate it will be a good thing for consumers," says Quittner. "More choice is always a good thing." And Judge Jackson's first dividend for consumers may be some bargain Microsoft...
...until later. The findings: Microsoft is indeed a monopoly, possessing a stranglehold over the PC desktop. It has abused the power, and that abuse has harmed consumers. The findings so closely paralleled the government line that you might have thought they were actually written by lead DOJ attorney Joel Klein. But that just shows Judge Jackson was paying attention, says TIME's Chris Taylor: "He's shown in this ruling a real grasp of the technology, and that he really understands the government's case." But we're not out of court just yet: While all this seems to clearly...