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Microsoft On Trial: Netscape 'imagined' Antitrust Case
News But since antitrust law often frowns on undoing such "technical ties," Microsoft has argued it cannot be sued for anticompetitive behaviour. I thought, it might be a topic of discussion at some point with the US government on antitrust issues.
[October 23, 1998, 10:48]
Microsoft On Trial: Sharp At Comdex, Forgetful On Tape
News The testimony presented in the ongoing state-federal antitrust case against Microsoft once again showed a forgetful and combative Microsoft chairman and CEO incapable of explaining the meaning of common English words in memos written by Microsoft...
[November 17, 1998, 10:55]
Microsoft On Trial: Clash Over Key Document
News Microsoft Corp.and antitrust enforcers Thursday wrapped their examination of Microsoft Group Vice President Paul Maritz, but not before butting heads over documents government lawyers say could prove fatal to key portions of the software company's...
[January 29, 1999, 7:47]
Microsoft On Trial: AOL Given Offer It Couldn't Refuse
News Today will be Colburn's turn on the hot seat as he takes the stand in the historic antitrust battle between Microsoft and the government. Released late yesterday by the US Justice Department, the statement read: "AOL would not have been willing to...
[October 28, 1998, 9:35]
Microsoft On Trial : Consumers Not Harmed By MS
News Microsoft Corp.s first witness in the antitrust case roundly criticised Department of Justice witnesses and attorneys, saying they provided no sound evidence that consumers are harmed by Microsoft's actions or that the company has monopoly power...
[January 12, 1999, 10:31]
Microsoft On Trial: MS A '1,000-pound Gorilla' Says Disney
News Wadsworth's deposition, taken in September as part of the government's ongoing antitrust case, centred on threats Microsoft allegedly made regarding the Disney channel on Microsoft's Active Desktop. For all the trial stories, go to the Microsoft on...
[December 16, 1998, 12:55]
Microsoft On Trial: Gates Fails To Recall Emails
News Videotaped testimony released for the first time Monday showed a forgetful Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, incapable of remembering basic details of meetings and e-mails central to the government's antitrust case against his company.
[November 3, 1998, 9:51]
Microsoft On Trial: Microsoft Ordered To Hand Over Pricing Details
News Jackson, while acknowledging Microsoft's objection to the motion, said the information would help him reach a decision in the landmark antitrust case being argued before him here by the software giant and the DoJ.
[October 22, 1998, 9:52]
Microsoft On Trial: Microsoft Wants Case Dropped...
News Microsoft Corp.said it will ask for dismissal of the ongoing government antitrust suit against it in the wake of Tuesday's announcement that America Online Inc.will go through with its purchase of Netscape Communications Corp.
[November 25, 1998, 11:59]
Microsoft On Trial: Judge Lambasts MS Video Evidence
News The presentation purportedly showed problems in a concept program government witnesses said would separate Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser from Windows 98. In rapid succession, government lead attorney David Boies uncovered five separate...
[February 4, 1999, 9:02]
Microsoft On Trial: Microsoft Attacks DoJ Case
News Their allegations: That Netscape Communications Corp.knew the company would give away its browser long before Netscape ever shipped its first product, and that Netscape first approached Microsoft to "divide" the market for Internet browsers.
[October 22, 1998, 9:49]
Microsoft On Trial: DOJ Testimony Centres On Browser Integration
News We do not have a choice," Vesey claimed, adding that due to the integration of Microsoft's IE 5.0 into Office 2000 and the Windows operating system, Boeing will have to discontinue using Netscape Communications Corp.s Navigator browser and will...
[November 18, 1998, 5:53]
Microsoft On Trial: Judge To Rule On Bundling Issue
News The judge overseeing the landmark Microsoft Corp.antitrust trial is expected to rule on a government motion that could settle, once and for all, one of the most bitterly fought disputes of the entire trial -- whether or not Microsoft's browser is...
[January 28, 1999, 9:26]
Microsoft On Trial: Browser Blockade An 'exaggeration'
News The government's key economic witness in the Microsoft Corp.antitrust trial Thursday said that although Microsoft used monopoly power to force Netscape Communications Corp.from the market for Web browsers, it was an "exaggeration" to say Netscape...
[June 4, 1999, 8:27]
Microsoft On Trial: Judge Closes Hearing
News The judge in the Microsoft Corp.antitrust trial has closed a hearing on OEM pricing after Dell Computer Corp.and Compaq Computer Corp.complained that disclosing such information would hurt their business.
[January 12, 1999, 10:07]
Microsoft On Trial: Judge Releases Testimony To Public
News Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson wrote the order to comply with provisions of the Publicity in Taking of Evidence Act of 1913, which requires that depositions taken in Sherman Antitrust Act cases be open to the public.
[April 9, 1999, 15:15]
News Roundup: Microsoft's Antitrust Triumph
News Fri 29 June As both sides declare victory after an appellate court ruling, one clear loser emerges in the landmark antitrust case against Microsoft: Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson Microsoft wins antitrust appeal
[June 29, 2001, 15:34]
Microsoft On Trial: Feds Say Microsoft Muscled PC Makers
News Government attorneys also played excerpts of Bill Gates' videotaped deposition where Microsoft's Chairman again sparred with questioners over the definitions -- at one point the exchange focused on the meaning of the term "killer application...
[December 16, 1998, 6:13]
Microsoft On Trial: Tempers Grow Short In Courtroom
News The morning session was dominated by the surprise introduction of a Dec 29, 1994, e-mail between then-Netscape Chairman Jim Clark and Microsoft's Brad Silverberg, a message that depicted Netscape inviting Microsoft to take an equity stake in...
[October 22, 1998, 9:23]
US Report: Judge May Delay Start Of Microsoft Trial
News The motion was made under the provisions of an obscure 1913 law that requires open depositions when taken for certain federal antitrust cases. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to push back the date to Sept.to give them more time to take...
[August 17, 1998, 7:31]
