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Yes, this is old news. The only thing I can find at the moment is on Wired but I remember Judge White saying (on techweb or cnet, probably) he would use it. Read the link: ATT used it, and it would get around those Appeals judges.
I keep hearing everyone say stuff about this case that's just wrong. Another thing is "What's the worst that can happen? Break them up?" NO. Answer: All of the above. Break up the company AND impose behavioral remedies. Joel Klein said "Let me make clear, we are not looking for any financial penalties. We're concerned with competition. This is not a penal action, and we're not going to seek monies.'' So a fine is out of the question. They probably will not send Bill Gates to jail, either. :-( But Microsoft will be subject to lawsuits from other companies, like the one currently filed by Caldera for potenially vast sums of money. And what about the Penal part - you can't let lawbreakers go unpenalized. Maybe another DOJ case?

John

Later, Ray Noorda's Caldera Systems bought the skeleton of Digital Research and sued Microsoft. See Caldera's Web page on the resulting anti-trust lawsuit.

A while ago, I took the time to read some of the material in the Caldera lawsuit on thier lawsuit page. Although I have long known and been exposed to the sleaze of Microsoft's business practices, this was an eye-opener even for me. The clincher is that most of the evidence comes from Microsoft's own e-mail logs, including the execs, and notably Bill gates himself.

Here are the URLs:

A summary page with links to all the below and more
Caldera's complaint

Microsoft responded by making a number of motions that the case should be thrown out. The court has ruled that each of these has enough merit to proceed to trial. Links to Caldera's responses to the MS motions are below - although theyre dryer than the complaint, they still make interesting reading (nearly all of these things are antitrust violations, notice how many were omitted from the DOJ trial):

Product Preannouncement
Licensing Practices
Product Disparagement
Technology Tying
Intentional Incompatibilities (looks like they have more here that they will reveal at trial?)
European and Japanese Claims
Tortious Interference (this one reveals some true MS evil, even if the formatting is whacked)
These are long, but well worth reading through. If the legal-ese gets a bit thick, just jump down a screen or two and pick up where the damning evidence starts again. This trial is likely to do much more damage to Microsoft than the wimpy DOJ bootlickers.

Please read and pass along to others so they can see the true nature of Microsoft. It's vital that we do this now - the PR blitz for Win2K starts at Comdex in just a couple of weeks and will go on through mid-2000! If we don't show the world what MS is really like, they'll support MS again.

WE need to show people that even if Win2K's the best OS on the planet (and it actully is pretty damn good) thaere are still good reasons not to do business with them!

A while ago, I took the time to read some of the material in the Caldera lawsuit on thier lawsuit page. Although I have long known and been exposed to the sleaze of Microsoft's business practices, this was an eye-opener even for me. The clincher is that most of the evidence comes from Microsoft's own e-mail logs, including the execs, and notably Bill gates himself.

Here are the URLs:

A summary page with links to all the below and more
Caldera's complaint

Microsoft responded by making a number of motions that the case should be thrown out. The court has ruled that each of these has enough merit to proceed to trial. Links to Caldera's responses to the MS motions are below - although theyre dryer than the complaint, they still make interesting reading (nearly all of these things are antitrust violations, notice how many were omitted from the DOJ trial):

Product Preannouncement
Licensing Practices
Product Disparagement
Technology Tying
Intentional Incompatibilities (looks like they have more here that they will reveal at trial?)
European and Japanese Claims
Tortious Interference (this one reveals some true MS evil, even if the formatting is whacked)
These are long, but well worth reading through. If the legal-ese gets a bit thick, just jump down a screen or two and pick up where the damning evidence starts again. This trial is likely to do much more damage to Microsoft than the wimpy DOJ bootlickers.

Please read and pass along to others so they can see the true nature of Microsoft. It's vital that we do this now - the PR blitz for Win2K starts at Comdex in just a couple of weeks and will go on through mid-2000! If we don't show the world what MS is really like, they'll support MS again.

WE need to show people that even if Win2K's the best OS on the planet (and it actully is pretty damn good) thaere are still good reasons not to do business with them!

A while ago, I took the time to read some of the material in the Caldera lawsuit on thier lawsuit page. Although I have long known and been exposed to the sleaze of Microsoft's business practices, this was an eye-opener even for me. The clincher is that most of the evidence comes from Microsoft's own e-mail logs, including the execs, and notably Bill gates himself.

Here are the URLs:

A summary page with links to all the below and more
Caldera's complaint

Microsoft responded by making a number of motions that the case should be thrown out. The court has ruled that each of these has enough merit to proceed to trial. Links to Caldera's responses to the MS motions are below - although theyre dryer than the complaint, they still make interesting reading (nearly all of these things are antitrust violations, notice how many were omitted from the DOJ trial):

Product Preannouncement
Licensing Practices
Product Disparagement
Technology Tying
Intentional Incompatibilities (looks like they have more here that they will reveal at trial?)
European and Japanese Claims
Tortious Interference (this one reveals some true MS evil, even if the formatting is whacked)
These are long, but well worth reading through. If the legal-ese gets a bit thick, just jump down a screen or two and pick up where the damning evidence starts again. This trial is likely to do much more damage to Microsoft than the wimpy DOJ bootlickers.

Please read and pass along to others so they can see the true nature of Microsoft. It's vital that we do this now - the PR blitz for Win2K starts at Comdex in just a couple of weeks and will go on through mid-2000! If we don't show the world what MS is really like, they'll support MS again.

WE need to show people that even if Win2K's the best OS on the planet (and it actully is pretty damn good) thaere are still good reasons not to do business with them!

A while ago, I took the time to read some of the material in the Caldera lawsuit on thier lawsuit page. Although I have long known and been exposed to the sleaze of Microsoft's business practices, this was an eye-opener even for me. The clincher is that most of the evidence comes from Microsoft's own e-mail logs, including the execs, and notably Bill gates himself.

Here are the URLs:

A summary page with links to all the below and more
Caldera's complaint

Microsoft responded by making a number of motions that the case should be thrown out. The court has ruled that each of these has enough merit to proceed to trial. Links to Caldera's responses to the MS motions are below - although theyre dryer than the complaint, they still make interesting reading (nearly all of these things are antitrust violations, notice how many were omitted from the DOJ trial):

Product Preannouncement
Licensing Practices
Product Disparagement
Technology Tying
Intentional Incompatibilities (looks like they have more here that they will reveal at trial?)
European and Japanese Claims
Tortious Interference (this one reveals some true MS evil, even if the formatting is whacked)
These are long, but well worth reading through. If the legal-ese gets a bit thick, just jump down a screen or two and pick up where the damning evidence starts again. This trial is likely to do much more damage to Microsoft than the wimpy DOJ bootlickers.

Please read and pass along to others so they can see the true nature of Microsoft. It's vital that we do this now - the PR blitz for Win2K starts at Comdex in just a couple of weeks and will go on through mid-2000! If we don't show the world what MS is really like, they'll support MS again.

WE need to show people that even if Win2K's the best OS on the planet (and it actully is pretty damn good) thaere are still good reasons not to do business with them!

A while ago, I took the time to read some of the material in the Caldera lawsuit on thier lawsuit page. Although I have long known and been exposed to the sleaze of Microsoft's business practices, this was an eye-opener even for me. The clincher is that most of the evidence comes from Microsoft's own e-mail logs, including the execs, and notably Bill gates himself.

Here are the URLs:

A summary page with links to all the below and more
Caldera's complaint

Microsoft responded by making a number of motions that the case should be thrown out. The court has ruled that each of these has enough merit to proceed to trial. Links to Caldera's responses to the MS motions are below - although theyre dryer than the complaint, they still make interesting reading (nearly all of these things are antitrust violations, notice how many were omitted from the DOJ trial):

Product Preannouncement
Licensing Practices
Product Disparagement
Technology Tying
Intentional Incompatibilities (looks like they have more here that they will reveal at trial?)
European and Japanese Claims
Tortious Interference (this one reveals some true MS evil, even if the formatting is whacked)
These are long, but well worth reading through. If the legal-ese gets a bit thick, just jump down a screen or two and pick up where the damning evidence starts again. This trial is likely to do much more damage to Microsoft than the wimpy DOJ bootlickers.

Please read and pass along to others so they can see the true nature of Microsoft. It's vital that we do this now - the PR blitz for Win2K starts at Comdex in just a couple of weeks and will go on through mid-2000! If we don't show the world what MS is really like, they'll support MS again.

WE need to show people that even if Win2K's the best OS on the planet (and it actully is pretty damn good) thaere are still good reasons not to do business with them!

A while ago, I took the time to read some of the material in the Caldera lawsuit on thier lawsuit page. Although I have long known and been exposed to the sleaze of Microsoft's business practices, this was an eye-opener even for me. The clincher is that most of the evidence comes from Microsoft's own e-mail logs, including the execs, and notably Bill gates himself.

Here are the URLs:

A summary page with links to all the below and more
Caldera's complaint

Microsoft responded by making a number of motions that the case should be thrown out. The court has ruled that each of these has enough merit to proceed to trial. Links to Caldera's responses to the MS motions are below - although theyre dryer than the complaint, they still make interesting reading (nearly all of these things are antitrust violations, notice how many were omitted from the DOJ trial):

Product Preannouncement
Licensing Practices
Product Disparagement
Technology Tying
Intentional Incompatibilities (looks like they have more here that they will reveal at trial?)
European and Japanese Claims
Tortious Interference (this one reveals some true MS evil, even if the formatting is whacked)
These are long, but well worth reading through. If the legal-ese gets a bit thick, just jump down a screen or two and pick up where the damning evidence starts again. This trial is likely to do much more damage to Microsoft than the wimpy DOJ bootlickers.

Please read and pass along to others so they can see the true nature of Microsoft. It's vital that we do this now - the PR blitz for Win2K starts at Comdex in just a couple of weeks and will go on through mid-2000! If we don't show the world what MS is really like, they'll support MS again.

WE need to show people that even if Win2K's the best OS on the planet (and it actully is pretty damn good) thaere are still good reasons not to do business with them!

A while ago, I took the time to read some of the material in the Caldera lawsuit on thier lawsuit page. Although I have long known and been exposed to the sleaze of Microsoft's business practices, this was an eye-opener even for me. The clincher is that most of the evidence comes from Microsoft's own e-mail logs, including the execs, and notably Bill gates himself.

Here are the URLs:

A summary page with links to all the below and more
Caldera's complaint

Microsoft responded by making a number of motions that the case should be thrown out. The court has ruled that each of these has enough merit to proceed to trial. Links to Caldera's responses to the MS motions are below - although theyre dryer than the complaint, they still make interesting reading (nearly all of these things are antitrust violations, notice how many were omitted from the DOJ trial):

Product Preannouncement
Licensing Practices
Product Disparagement
Technology Tying
Intentional Incompatibilities (looks like they have more here that they will reveal at trial?)
European and Japanese Claims
Tortious Interference (this one reveals some true MS evil, even if the formatting is whacked)
These are long, but well worth reading through. If the legal-ese gets a bit thick, just jump down a screen or two and pick up where the damning evidence starts again. This trial is likely to do much more damage to Microsoft than the wimpy DOJ bootlickers.

Please read and pass along to others so they can see the true nature of Microsoft. It's vital that we do this now - the PR blitz for Win2K starts at Comdex in just a couple of weeks and will go on through mid-2000! If we don't show the world what MS is really like, they'll support MS again.

WE need to show people that even if Win2K's the best OS on the planet (and it actully is pretty damn good) thaere are still good reasons not to do business with them!

A while ago, I took the time to read some of the material in the Caldera lawsuit on thier lawsuit page. Although I have long known and been exposed to the sleaze of Microsoft's business practices, this was an eye-opener even for me. The clincher is that most of the evidence comes from Microsoft's own e-mail logs, including the execs, and notably Bill gates himself.

Here are the URLs:

A summary page with links to all the below and more
Caldera's complaint

Microsoft responded by making a number of motions that the case should be thrown out. The court has ruled that each of these has enough merit to proceed to trial. Links to Caldera's responses to the MS motions are below - although theyre dryer than the complaint, they still make interesting reading (nearly all of these things are antitrust violations, notice how many were omitted from the DOJ trial):

Product Preannouncement
Licensing Practices
Product Disparagement
Technology Tying
Intentional Incompatibilities (looks like they have more here that they will reveal at trial?)
European and Japanese Claims
Tortious Interference (this one reveals some true MS evil, even if the formatting is whacked)
These are long, but well worth reading through. If the legal-ese gets a bit thick, just jump down a screen or two and pick up where the damning evidence starts again. This trial is likely to do much more damage to Microsoft than the wimpy DOJ bootlickers.

Please read and pass along to others so they can see the true nature of Microsoft. It's vital that we do this now - the PR blitz for Win2K starts at Comdex in just a couple of weeks and will go on through mid-2000! If we don't show the world what MS is really like, they'll support MS again.

WE need to show people that even if Win2K's the best OS on the planet (and it actully is pretty damn good) thaere are still good reasons not to do business with them!

A while ago, I took the time to read some of the material in the Caldera lawsuit on thier lawsuit page. Although I have long known and been exposed to the sleaze of Microsoft's business practices, this was an eye-opener even for me. The clincher is that most of the evidence comes from Microsoft's own e-mail logs, including the execs, and notably Bill gates himself.

Here are the URLs:

A summary page with links to all the below and more
Caldera's complaint

Microsoft responded by making a number of motions that the case should be thrown out. The court has ruled that each of these has enough merit to proceed to trial. Links to Caldera's responses to the MS motions are below - although theyre dryer than the complaint, they still make interesting reading (nearly all of these things are antitrust violations, notice how many were omitted from the DOJ trial):

Product Preannouncement
Licensing Practices
Product Disparagement
Technology Tying
Intentional Incompatibilities (looks like they have more here that they will reveal at trial?)
European and Japanese Claims
Tortious Interference (this one reveals some true MS evil, even if the formatting is whacked)
These are long, but well worth reading through. If the legal-ese gets a bit thick, just jump down a screen or two and pick up where the damning evidence starts again. This trial is likely to do much more damage to Microsoft than the wimpy DOJ bootlickers.

Please read and pass along to others so they can see the true nature of Microsoft. It's vital that we do this now - the PR blitz for Win2K starts at Comdex in just a couple of weeks and will go on through mid-2000! If we don't show the world what MS is really like, they'll support MS again.

WE need to show people that even if Win2K's the best OS on the planet (and it actully is pretty damn good) thaere are still good reasons not to do business with them!