Richard Winter forwarded:
> To buttress its views, Microsoft released part of Jones'
> testimony, which it has protected as confidential until now.
> Here is the full question from a Justice attorney and the
> answer by Jones, according to Microsoft:
> ``Q: Do you recall any discussion about a desire of anybody
> on the part of Microsoft who was participating to be able to
> persuade or influence Netscape not to compete with Microsoft?
> ``A: Absolutely. But again, persuade in the sense of force
> or persuade in the sense of, hey, we think we can have a great
> business relationship together. It's the same as my previous
> one.''
> ``We think the facts will show that the meeting was nothing
> more than a typical meeting between two software companies that
> develop complementary products to discuss potential business
> strategies and ways to make sure their products work well
> together,'' Murray said.
> Based on the limited excerpts of the transcript, Steve
> Newborn, an antitrust lawyer at Rogers & Wells who worked on the
> Microsoft case many years ago when he was at the Federal Trade
> Commission, saw things differently.
> ``If Mr. Murray is correct that this is what goes on in
> Silicon Valley then there are a lot of jail sentences in the
> offing for a lot of Silicon Valley executives,'' Newborn said.
> Newborn said the judge was citing ``naked market allocation
> that could be prosecuted under either civil or criminal laws,
> depending on the circumstances of the meeting.''
> He noted that the Sherman antitrust act prohibits market
> allocation and that companies have paid hundreds of millions of
> dollars in fines in recent years for violating it.
Can anyone explain to me what "market allocation", as referred to above,
means?
TIA,
Jack
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