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Be Sues Microsoft for Violations of Antitrust Laws

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the timing-timing dept.

Eugenia writes: "While Be, Inc had the information for over 3 years that Microsoft 'through a series of illegal exclusionary and anticompetitive acts designed to maintain its monopoly in the Intel-compatible PC operating system market and created exclusive dealing arrangements with PC OEMs prohibiting the sale of PCs with multiple preinstalled operating systems' they filed a suit against Microsoft only today. Today Be employes a single person in a tiny office in Mountain View. Great ..."

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  1. Today Be employes a single person... by Geek+In+Training · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Based on this article, if the company only employs one person, s/he must be...

    A LAWYER!

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  2. Not just desparation by NMSpaz · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I lot of people have commented on how this is only happening now because Be is now as good as dead. Be has brought up this complaint before, but they can actually do something now because Jackson's finding-of-fact gives their allegations some teeth. They probably would like to wait even longer, and hope that they have even more to hit MS with, but their time has just run out, finacially speaking.

  3. Maybe it's only now because... by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 1, Redundant


    MS has been found to be a predatory monopolist? Granted, Be could have filed after the appeals court upheld the FoF in the USDOJ case, but these things take time...

    Be can now use the fact that MS is a convicted predatory monopolist as part of their case.

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  4. Re:Purpose of lawsuit by syzxys · · Score: 0, Redundant

    As far as I'm concerned, I'd be happy if the purpose was to drag Microsoft's name through the mud yet more. The more bad publicity they get, the better, IMHO. Maybe one of these days technically illiterate people will stop telling me how wonderful Microsoft is and how they've innovated *so* *much* and how they're the foundation of the American economy, blah blah blah. I hope.
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