Reg..why would you leave all of this out... it was in the same article you clipped???? Just like you.. you amaze me.. for one who is trying to make a name for one's self you sure say and do a lot of silly things..
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"We are gratified that Justice, the states, and the District of Columbia have recognized what businesses and consumers have instinctively known--that no one company should gain a chokehold on the Internet," Sun Microsystems said in a statement. "Microsoft's leveraging its PC operating systems dominance into new markets by engaging in predatory pricing and exclusionary activities is against the law."
"Today's Justice Department action is but the opening salvo in what I believe will be one of the most important cases in modern times," Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a Microsoft critic, said. "In order ultimately to have any meaningful long-term impact, the department must address Microsoft's ability to leverage its Windows monopoly in order to limit and control the choices available to computer makers
and consumers."
The Software Publishers Association, a leading trade group, applauded today's lawsuit. "Justice clearly recognizes that the restoration of a level playing field in the computer software and technology industries
is critical for ensuring consumer choice and ongoing innovation," said Ken Wasch, SPA's president. "Robust competition gives new ideas and new companies the opportunity to succeed, and from that all consumers benefit."
Those sentiments were echoed by another high-tech group, the Computer and Communications Industry Association. "CCIA applauds the Justice
Department for taking action that will help preserve competition, innovation, and choice in the computer and communications industry by upholding the principles of antitrust law," said Ed Black, president
of the trade group. "Justice has demonstrated that no one and no single company is above the law."
In the past, both the SPA and CCIA have taken positions against Microsoft and also have encouraged antitrust regulators to take action against the software giant." |
