6th November 1999 Archive
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DoJ 1, Redmond 0 – jubilant critics' want MS broken up
MS on Trial But Gorton predicts Revenge of the Winni...
Following seventy-seven grueling days of testimony, Judge Thomas Jackson rendered a finding of fact in the other Trial of the Century, ruling that Microsoft has exploited its unnatural market share and grotesque wealth to crush competitors, to strangle innovation in software development, and to bore consumers with lackluster …
Business 6 Nov 1999, 08:54
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Guilty: judge finds MS has monopoly power, and abuses it
MS on Trial Finds in favour of DoJ on virtually all points
In a document issued last night Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson found Microsoft guilty of antitrust law violations, and held that the company unfairly and illegally wielded monopoly power. In unusually strong language, Judge Jackson's 200-plus page finding of facts came down in favour of the Department of Justice's case in …
Business 6 Nov 1999, 10:03
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Stunned MS vows to fight on for freedom
MS on Trial 'Integrity, partnership, quality... giving' - (takes out onion)
It's defenestration day in Redmond today. A clearly stunned Microsoft did what it could to pretend that Judge Jackson's findings of fact were "just one step", as Gates put said in the prepared statement that he read at a press conference last night, but it was hopeless. There were 412 paragraphs of dense argument in Judge …
Business 6 Nov 1999, 11:33
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Intel postpones Celeron cuts as Slot 1 shortage bites
Supply and demand rules as PC makers demand supplies
Chip giant Intel was scheduled to make one of its now very frequent cuts on its low-end Celeron processors this weekend. But PC manufacturers tell us that the company has now postponed such action, and will make the cuts at a later date. That comes as Intel's customers find themselves faced with a shortage on all Slot 1 parts, …
Business 6 Nov 1999, 12:44
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What will happen if Microsoft finally loses?
MS on Trial After the first round, thoughts turn to likely remedies
Yesterday's court victory for the DoJ may just have been the first battle in a war that could rage for several more years, but already the question of what's to be done about Microsoft is being raised with more vigour. If Microsoft ultimately loses it will inevitably find itself on the wrong end of a queue of private antitrust …
Business 6 Nov 1999, 17:56
