Citing abuse, Microsoft sues U.S. about its new network
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Microsoft is suing the US Department of Justice for harassment and abusive behavior after the agency began a new investigation into the company's plans to include its Microsoft Network online information service as part of its forthcoming Windows 95 operating system. Industry competitors say that Microsoft will have an unfair advantage if it is allowed to include the online information service with the OS. Microsoft was required by the Justice Department to answer what it felt was an unreasonable number of questions and provide information about its strategic plans in a certain amount of time. The company filed a petition against the information request because company officials believe that the request is too demanding. The current battle between the government and Microsoft is part of an ongoing dispute about how much power Microsoft will gain if it is allowed to include the Network with its software.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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Microsoft case may be prelude to a wider antitrust battle
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Talks already have begun on whether the Justice Department should file a broader Sherman Act antitrust case against Microsoft, and it appears Washington is reluctant to take the action. Such a case would provide a landmark test of how traditional antitrust doctrine applies to a high-technology industry. The objective is to insure that Microsoft does not leverage its dominant OS software into what antitrust experts describe as a 'chokehold control' over the new Internet software and Internet commerce markets, policy makers and economists say. Antitrust policy, they say, should allow potential 'next Microsofts' to challenge industry leaders in the Internet markets. The Justice Department seems to agree with Judiciary Committee Chmn Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, who said antitrust scrutiny provides a better alternative to heavy-handed Government intervention.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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Microsoft says U.S. challenge is 'perverse'
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Microsoft claims that the Justice Department's request for a court order to prevent the software giant from integrating its Internet Explorer Web browser with its Windows 95 operating system is a perverse attempt to meddle in Microsoft's product design. Microsoft present a 48-page brief outlining its position and filed its supporting affidavits with a Federal District Court in WA. The Justice Dept contends that Microsoft is violating a 1995 consent decree by forcing PC manufactures to include its Web browser with its Windows 95 OS. The government maintains that Internet Explorer is a separately branded product that can be used with other operating systems, such as the Apple Macintosh. The Justice Dept says it is interested in the marketing of the two products not in the engineering of them.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1997
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