Microsoft Antitrust Case: An Update on the Company's Lobbying
and Campaign Contributions OPENSECRETS
After more than three years of investigations, litigation and intensive
lobbying, the Justice Department today announced it would no longer seek a
break-up of the computer giant Microsoft, ending one aspect of a landmark case
that sent the company�s campaign contributions soaring and formally introduced
the computer industry to Washington politics.
ALSO:
- Microsoft didn't really win yesterday--and here's
why
ZDNET: Did
Microsoft win a big victory yesterday when the feds gave up? Don't bet on it.
It might be the smartest move the DOJ has made yet in this whole mess. Here's
my take on who the real winners and losers are in the aftermath...and my
reasons why Microsoft might have fallen out of the frying pan and into the
fire.
- Slap on the wrist? SALON Is the Justice Department's decision not to pursue a breakup of
Microsoft a big wet kiss from Bush, or just smart strategy? The experts weigh
in.
- Megacorporations Are Our Friends SF GATE
The Bush
administration's decision to drop efforts to break up Microsoft sparked
accusations that the White House was reluctant to pursue legal actions against
big corporations but earned praise from those who believe the antitrust
lawsuit should be resolved quickly.
- Analyst: Microsoft Victory Actually a Defeat
INTERNETWK While Microsoft is
celebrating victory in its appeal of the antitrust lawsuit against it, the
decision may actually be a defeat in the long run, an industry analyst said
Friday.
- Microsoft let off the hook � sort of GLOBE AND MAIL
UPDATE In a decision that should come
as no surprise to most observers of the Microsoft antitrust case, the U.S.
Department of Justice said Thursday that it will not pursue the breakup of the
software behemoth. In a somewhat more surprising statement, however, the DoJ
said that it would also not pursue the issue of whether the company illegally
"tied" other products to its operating system. Does that mean Microsoft is off
the hook? No. In fact, it means the software maker could face an even worse
fate than a breakup � the ill-defined spectre known as "conduct
remedies."
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