Microsoft remains unrepentant, says antitrust judge

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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Microsoft remains unrepentant, says antitrust judge

By JAMES ROWLEY
BLOOMBERG NEWS

Microsoft Corp. is still trying to "leverage" its Windows operating system monopoly to control all software markets, said the former judge who ordered the company's breakup in the U.S. government's landmark antitrust case.

"Nothing has changed, to my observation, in the five years that have elapsed since my decision," said Thomas Penfield Jackson, who retired last year as a federal judge. He said the settlement of the government's case hasn't diminished Microsoft's power in the marketplace or changed its business strategy of trying to expand its monopoly.

"Windows is an operating-system monopoly, and the company's business strategy was to leverage Windows to achieve a comparable dominion over all software markets," Jackson said yesterday in Washington at a conference sponsored by the American Antitrust Institute.

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[HuskiesHowls]

1. Just knowing Microsoft's business practices,

you'd know that this would happen. They've ignored every other judgement against them.

What's a court case to them, except an expenditure? Why should they listen to any judge?

In case you're wondering, I'm not a lover of Microsoft, although I do have to admit that their stock does appreciate in value!!

[Voltaire99]

2. Jackson, one of the last antitrust judges...

...worth a damn.

As expected, the Rhenquist court disemboweled his decision, allowing Microsoft to remain free to enjoy the fruits of its ill-got gains.

And every time you turn on a lousy buggy insecure Windows computer, you, my friend, are paying for it.