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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 492.01+1.3%Nov 28 9:30 AM EST
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To: Alan Buckley who wrote (19821)4/6/1999 4:47:00 PM
From: RTev   of 74651
 
Although I don't think Microsoft will settle, I don't see the company's intransigence as good for Microsoft either in the long run or the short run. They seem to be following a strategy that was unhealthy for IBM.

Sure, the market will change. It will change even faster if Microsoft insists on fighting an ultimately unwinnable battle. It will change to Microsoft's detriment. Microsoft will have to sit back and watch, confident that they may be losing in the market, but winning in the courtroom.

As they drag out the case, more decisions will have to be vetted by lawyers. Want to buy that cool web site over there? Great, but let's run it by the lawyers. Will the FTC approve? Will this pique the interest of DOJ? (Of course, such questions are always asked by all businesses, but they become more troublesome and more difficult to answer while a company is under antitrust scrutiny.) Want to add this nifty new feature to Windows? Hmm. Sorry. The lawyers say that would cause trouble with the lawsuit.

Because of this suit, Microsoft is already limited in its ability to enforce the Windows desktop monopoly. The very thing they are fighting to maintain seems to be slipping away from them. As long as they stay in court, they'll face restrictions. That gives companies like Dell far more freedom than they would have had before the trial to make decisions that are ultimately harmful to Microsoft.
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