Thanks John. "The loser in the browser wars has filed a private antitrust suit against Microsoft. But the company doesn't deserve to win. Legal observers, however, were not fooled: the antitrust case might be over, but the door was wide open for civil suits. Sure enough, Netscape soon stepped through with a civil filing claiming treble damages -- and I happily anticipated at least a few more years of wrangling over technical and economic arcana."
"Alas, the complaint offers little in the way of argument. Instead, Netscape tries to play on our natural sympathy for a scrappy little company that's been bullied to death. The lawyers can't let more than a few paragraphs pass without reminding us that in 1995, Netscape had 70 percent of the market for Web browsers. This fact is reiterated in an indignant tone, as if that share is no more than Netscape's right. "
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