Yeah. AOL has access to 90+% of the desktops thru it's operating system. Right. For a monopoly to use existing product/market share to obtain entry into a NEW category is illegal under the Sherman AntiTrust Act. I don't understand what is So Difficult about this concept. > Kathy E. Gill > DCAC/MRM Production Visibility Support -- 425.234.2004, pager 425.568.0195 > The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at > doing what they most enjoy. ~ Malcomb S. Forbes > Microsoft Exchange: the perfect name for its users' greatest desire! > > > ---------- > From: richard winter[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 1998 6:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: WC:>: FYI - Microsoft says others behaved like it > > http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2556822580-813 > 08:49 PM ET 10/28/98 > > Microsoft says others behaved like it > > > (New throughout) > By David Lawsky > WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. tried to turn the > tables in court Wednesday, charging that America Online Inc. > engaged in the same type of behavior that prompted the > government to file antitrust charges against the software giant. > Facing allegations it illegally proposed carving up the > market for Internet browsers with Netscape Communications Corp. > , Microsoft pointed to evidence that AOL and Netscape had > discussed staying out of each other's lines of business. > The tactic by Microsoft attorney John Warden seemed designed > to raise doubts in the judge's mind about where to draw the line > between market division and strategic alliances. > The Justice Department and 20 states have accused Microsoft > of using its monopoly in personal computer operating systems to > try and intimidate Netscape into agreeing to divide the browser > market at a June 21, 1995, meeting. > Microsoft has said it was merely trying to propose a > strategic alliance -- which Netscape rejected. > On Wednesday afternoon, day seven of the trial, Warden for > Microsoft focused on a Dec. 11, 1995, memo from AOL President > Steve Case that proposed what was described as a strategic > alliance. > AOL and Netscape feared the clout of Microsoft and > tentatively agreed to work together to combat the larger firm, > which they had dubbed ``the beast of Redmond.'' > Case wrote in the memo that Netscape had promised to > ''remain a software company'' and pledged it had ``no plans or > interest in entering the online services business'' for three > years. > Warden cross-examined AOL vice president David Colburn about > his company's dealings with Netscape and in particular about the > memo, which he suggested amounted to a report of illegal market > division. > ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
