If DOJ wins this MSFT case, then our High Tech industry will end up with enormous troubles, and our civilization will be back to the 30s.
Jeez, Ed, this sounds like the "Decline of the West due to Bill Clinton" line now popular within the Republican party. Somewhat in contrast, I will repeat the conclusion of Bill Gates' former favorite rag the Economist on the matter, in their most recent coverage.
Yet the case against Microsoft remains compelling. The government will describe in detail a pattern of “predatory and exclusionary” practices illegally carried out over many years, often aimed at intimidating partners as much as competitors. At the very least, Microsoft's belief that other firms do the things it is accused of demonstrates a refusal to concede that, under antitrust law, monopolists should be whiter than white. (from economist.com
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Or, we could go back to a previous PR defense line, "Microsoft must be free to innovate", and to quash innovation anywhere else, from Intel on down.
Cheers, Dan. |
