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Microsoft faces Monopoly Lawsuit (again)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the every-couple-years dept.

james_in_denver writes "Forbes magazine is reporting that Microsoft will be sued in California for predatory pricing. This lawsuit appears to differ from earlier challenges to MicroSoft's marketplace dominance by entertaining the possibility of a Class-Action lawsuit. This would allow individual users/licensee's to participate in the lawsuit. A notable quote from the full text states: "It's anticompetitive, it's predatory, and it denies consumers, and in this case taxpayers, the benefits of innovation that a free marketplace should provide,""

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  1. Different how? by subrosas · · Score: 5, Informative

    "This lawsuit appears to differ from earlier challenges to MicroSoft's marketplace dominance by entertaining the possibility of a Class-Action lawsuit." Um, RTFA? At least 16 other states have had similar lawsuits, including the recent settlement here in Minnesota.

  2. Oh, The Innovation! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    (MS Product->Who they stole or bought it from)
    MS PowerPoint->Forethought Presenter
    MS FrontPage->VTI FrontPage
    MS Visio->Visio
    MS SQL Server->Sybase SQL Server
    MS Internet Explorer->Spyglass Mosaic
    MS DOS->SCS QDOS
    MS Visual Foxpro->Fox S/W FoxPro
    MS Windows NT->Digital Equipment Corporation
    MS DoubleSpace->STAC

    Any other examples of the "Great Innovator"?