Scholars to hold Microsoft session seattletimes.com
But the think tank holding court this time isn't a group with a long-established record for government regulation or pushing aggressive antitrust enforcement. On the contrary, it is the conservative and libertarian-leaning Progress & Freedom Foundation, a group with strong links to House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga. . . .
The conservative right is divided among libertarians who see the Microsoft case as one of the government trying to regulate a vigorous, competitive market and among other conservatives who see Microsoft as a monopoly unfairly bullying competition, said Jeffrey Eisenach, president of Progress & Freedom Foundation.
Eisenach further claims that the liberal left, moderates and most of the conservative right agree that the antitrust laws must be used to reign in Microsoft.
Coming soon to an election near you- the nefarious ilk conspiracy national unity party! We the ilk do not discriminate- we accept all races, creeds, and political persuasions. Who but Bill Gates could bring us all together like this? He's my hero, you know.
"We argue against government regulation in forum after forum after forum," Eisenach said of his group. "If Bill Gates were telling the truth when he says the Justice Department is trying to tell Microsoft what features they can put in their software, then I would be instantaneously on his side - with a gun in my hand."
The Justice Department, Eisenach said, is telling Microsoft that it is illegal to use its position as a monopoly - and Microsoft denies that it is a monopoly - to wrest control over the browser market.
But, Microsoft isn't a monopoly- you can look it up in the dictionary. After that, you should call up the Compaq guys and tell them where to go the next time Microsoft threatens to pull the plug on them.
Cheers, Dan. |
