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AOL Time Warner Files Anti-Trust Suit against MS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who-didn't-see-that-coming dept.

ChazeFroy writes "This article at the Washington Post says that AOL Time Warner has filed a suit against Microsoft seeking damages from anti-competitive practices over the Netscape browser." Can't say I'm surprised.

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  1. Another Link on CNN by FatAlb3rt · · Score: 3, Redundant

    Here.

  2. Very interesting by blkros · · Score: 0, Redundant

    All sorts of rumors flying around about AOL/TW in the past few days.

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  3. Yahoo! has the story from Reuters by netringer · · Score: 2, Redundant

    http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/020122/business_tech_aol_m icrosoft_dc_2.html

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  4. Now we have a problem. by Mike+the+Mac+Geek · · Score: 2, Redundant

    The corporate wars have begun. AOL just fired the first shot across the bow.

    No good will come of this.

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  5. Press Release by alacqua · · Score: 5, Redundant

    Damn, you submitted faster than I did. Anyway, here's the press release. I like the part about treble damages.

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  6. Double Jeopardy? by Ars-Fartsica · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Can Microsoft claim that they already settled this suit? I'm not sure how the specifics reflect this, does anyone know the details?

  7. pack it up! move to toronto by xsteinberger · · Score: 0, Redundant

    i've always wondered why MS sat through this IANAL but ridiculous lawsuit with the government. in a society that promotes a free market, and free speech, i find it somewhat hypocritical.

    no matter what legalese you put on top of it, my browser of choice now on any workstations running windows is MSIE. i am confident a very small percentage of people use netscape browsers now, and i am also confident that should both browsers have been bundled with the Windows OS, MSIE would still be the browser of choice.

    all that aside, i do not quite see where the legal line is drawn. does MS not have a right to give different treatment, prices, and consideration to their customers at their own discresion? or is what they are doing illegal because customers are unable to choose?

    i find this ridiculous. is the Gap doing anything illegal by selling childrensware, as full grown adults are unable to use these goods? since when was price discrimination illegal? how bout if Gap were to give me a 10% off VIP discount card, would they be breaking the law? whatever happened to a free america?

    regardless, if MS is were facing a prospective breakup like they were, why not just pack up their bags and move up to canada? no doubt the canadian government would welcome them with open arms--just how much cash would MS bring canada?

    we all just love to hate MS... running debian on my servers, windows on my workstations--by choice. they aren't that bad people, can you imagine your grandma trying to send her grandson email with pine?