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...John D. Rockefeller and compared the settlement to a monopoly cartel controlling the future of digital publishing. "They have worked very hard to create the impression that this is like a freight train, and if you want to stand in front of it, you'll get run over," Gary Reback, an antitrust attorney who penned the legal brief for the Open Book Alliance, told TIME. (See the 100 best novels of all time...
...Microsoft's ongoing battle with the Justice Department. The software giant, which controls some 85% of the market for computer operating systems, is facing a federal antitrust lawsuit focusing on its business practices. Ballmer will have been president seven weeks when the suit goes to trial in September. Gary Reback, the lawyer whose crusade is to break up Microsoft, contends the appointment reveals the company's arrogance in the face of the investigation. "Steve Ballmer is the most aggressive of the Microsoft management team, and based on his appointment, I would infer that there is not going...
McNealy may not get that particular wish, but he and his allies are surely hoping for more than they've seen from Justice thus far. "We've been disappointed in the past," a subdued Gary Reback, the Valley's leading anti-Microsoft attorney, said last week. "The government made a start and didn't finish the job. I would hope that doesn't happen again." Although Klein confirmed to TIME last Friday that he has "ongoing investigations into other issues" relating to Microsoft, for the moment he has opted for a surgical strike: bring a tightly focused case today that...
...advance information its programmers would need to make the Netscape browser run properly with Windows 95. According to Clark, Microsoft refused unless it got a piece of the company and a seat on the board. Netscape finally decided to go to the DOJ through its outside counsel, Gary Reback...
...They are trying to use an existing monopoly to retard introduction of new technology," says Gary Reback, the Silicon Valley antitrust lawyer representing Netscape and other Microsoft competitors. The stakes are much higher than whose Web browser wins. Netscape is enhancing its browser to serve as a platform to run applications. "In other words," says Reback, "if Netscape is successful, you won't need Windows or a Microsoft operating system anymore." On the other hand, if Microsoft is allowed to embed its Web browser into its operating system in a manner that maintains its monopoly, Reback warns, "where will...