Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 22nd Nov 2006 17:58 UTC, submitted by Flatline
US prosecutors say Windows Vista and the latest version of Internet Explorer apparently comply with the requirements of the 2002 antitrust judgement against Microsoft. In a joint status report filed Tuesday with the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., prosecutors said Microsoft appeared to be complying with the judgement, which found Microsoft abused its Windows monopoly and set down rules for the software maker to follow to avoid future anti-competitive behaviour. Prosecutors and Microsoft have been submitting joint reports on compliance to the court every six months.
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2005-07-17
you don't have to have nearly the market position Microsoft has to get accused of monopoly practices. I work for a small steel mill that has only 3 plants and is probably a drop in the bucket of US total steel production... but because of our niche position, when automakers put the price crunch on their suppliers a few years back we nearly got investigated by the DOJ for "monopolistic" practices because we were able to raise our prices without the customers leaving freely. The point is that they even got taken seriously by the DOJ for such a small company.... and Microsoft isn't under their thumb?
That Microsoft has gotten out of lawsuits for as long as they have is amazing lawyering if anything. And still fundamentally, they haven't had to answer to the "Dells" of the world for the illegal rebates, price fixing, required number of units bundled, and such...they got their "top 20" customers taken out of the judgement...the only 20 that really matter!!! like I said, my company barely HAD 20 customers that could complain and we got threatened... MS is getting off Way easy.