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Trade Groups Join Microsoft Antitrust Appeal | |
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| Time: 06:50 EST/11:50 GMT | News Source: PC World | Posted By: Bill Roach | ||
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Public interest isn't served by settlement terms, some industry firms tell court. Two computer industry trade groups have thrown their weight, and piles of legal paperwork, behind two states that continue to press Microsoft in its landmark antitrust bout with the U.S. government. The Computer & Communications Industry Association and the Software and Information Industry Association have joined the ongoing antitrust action. On Friday, they filed a motion with a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., to appeal District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's approval of a settlement between Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice. | ||
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| #1 By 2459 (24.233.39.98) at 12/21/2002 7:57:07 AM |
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It just won't end.
Here's the kicker: The trade groups count among their members many tech companies that compete with Microsoft, including AOL Time Warner, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems. CCIA and SIIA both submitted extensive comments to the government, arguing that the terms of the settlement didn't go far enough to protect consumers and competitors against further anticompetitive actions by Microsoft. If these guys had actual evidence instead of more useless supposition, then maybe I'd care. The public interest was served when the first judge was booted off the case. It was served when the appeals ccourt knocked down most of Jackson's Findings of "Fact". It was served once again when Kotelly saw through these "competitors" weak and unsubstantiated arguments. AOL, Sun, et al., COMPETITION (in the marketplace) is in the public interest. Why don't you guys try that sometime? Diversify your product line so you aren't so dependent on one thing instead of whining about MS taking away (or potentially taking away) your monopoly. Collaborate with each other if that's what it takes, or do something that MS has no interest in doing. Fire the lawyers and hire good employees instead of the other way around. With any luck, MS will be able to bust down even more of Jackson's "Facts". Bob Smith -- please smack Steve Case and Scott McNealey across their heads with a trout. ;-) |
| #2 By 1845 (12.209.152.69) at 12/21/2002 11:15:55 AM |
| LOL, if only. |
| #3 By 3653 (65.190.70.73) at 12/21/2002 5:11:37 PM |
| while the competition meets with their lawyers, Microsoft continues to outsell them in the marketplace... |
| #4 By 2459 (24.233.39.98) at 12/21/2002 7:36:58 PM |
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LOL, I like the way you think, stubear.
Know any judges? ;-) |
| #5 By 1845 (12.209.152.69) at 12/22/2002 1:56:41 PM |
| gg, in my book neither of them are credible. |
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