Re: Regulating Microsoft

["amicus_curious" <ACDC@xxxxxxx>]

"Doug Mentohl" <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:fd8ufp$r2t$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> amicus_FUD.ious wrote:
>
> Previous MS deleted  ..
>
> > .. Judge Jackson himself ruled that Microsoft's actions had not been 
> > anticompetitive in regard to Netscape and  ..
> CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
>
> `the Court concludes that Microsoft maintained its monopoly power by
> anticompetitive means and attempted to monopolize the Web browser
> market, both in violation of § 2. Microsoft also violated § 1 of the
> Sherman Act by unlawfully tying its Web browser to its operating
> system.'
>
> http://usvms.gpo.gov/ms-conclusions.html
Did you miss the part where his bosses tossed that out?  "Judge Jackson's 
and idiot!" the appeals court ruled.  "The dumbass didn't even establish 
that there was a browser market!"  "Get out of here and don't come back!" 
was the verdict of the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals in 
reversing Jackson's conclusion.  With predjudice.