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...Microsoft has taken two separate products--the operating system and the browser--and illegally tied them together. In order to make sure this market doesn't tip and become a monopoly, we thought the most effective, immediate relief would be to ensure carriage for Netscape as the only company that can prevent monopolization...
...critical platform technology. It is the means of access to the Internet, and everybody understands that having a choke hold on the Internet can be critical. Second, the principles at issue in this case--the exclusionary contracts, the predatory practices, the use of the desktop to force Microsoft's products on other people--will be critical as we go forward. Last, we do have ongoing investigations into other issues...
...Microsoft should allow its browser to compete entirely on its merits, without exclusionary contracts, without tying it to a monopoly. Second, it ought to end these exclusionary contracts. If that were done, there would be a new competitive kick in the market...
...courts said the Justice Department should not be writing Microsoft's software...
...Gates has in mind Microsoft innovation. I have in mind all the innovation that all the great software companies of America can bring to market. We are telling all these companies, put your heart and the sweat of your brow into making new and great products, and we will make sure you get a chance to compete...