The Microsoft Antitrust Suit

4/30/00


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Table of Contents

The Microsoft Antitrust Suit

Trust

The Sherman Antitrust Act

Sherman

Two Criteria

An example: United States v. Lorain Journal Co.

The Department of Justice (DOJ)

Microsoft

Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson

Questions

Three stages

“Findings of Fact”

Platform

The Standard Bearer

“Applications barrier to entry”

What price software?

Remember

Is a browser an application?

Microsoft’s side

The DOJ’s side

Give it away, give it away, give it away now

Other alleged predatory practices

Findings of Fact (Nov. 1999)

Judge quotes:

Judge quotes (cont.):

Conclusions of Law (Apr. 2000)

Klein quote:

Balmer quote:

Remedy (May 2000 ???)

News Flash!!!!!!!

More to follow

References

Author: Information Technology

Email: blum@lasalle.edu

Home Page: www.lasalle.edu/~blum