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SCOTUS Ends Novell's Anti-Trust Cast Against Microsoft

Posted by samzenpus on from the end-of-the-line dept.

walterbyrd (182728) writes in with news about the end of the line for a Novell anti-trust claim against Microsoft. "The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday brought an end to Novell Inc's antitrust claims against Microsoft Corp that date back 20 years to the development of Windows 95 software. By declining to hear Novell's appeal, the court left intact a 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling from September 2013 in favor of Microsoft. The court of appeals unanimously affirmed the dismissal of Novell Inc's claims that Microsoft violated the Sherman Antitrust Act when it decided not to share its intellectual property while developing its Windows 95 operating system. Novell was seeking more than $3 billion."

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  1. Re:way to over simplify the issue win the summery by jandrese · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm not surprised by this ruling at all. The current Supreme Court is very friendly towards businesses acting badly.

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  2. Re:What would this ruling have changed, today? by thaylin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I am not sure it is fully about the company when it gets to that level, but society in general. They are sanctioning MS's action and it tells these companies they can do those things and just drag out the case long enough that it no longer matters, just because they have more money.

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  3. Re:way to over simplify the issue win the summery by hAckz0r · · Score: 5, Insightful
    No, what they did was to dup Novell into developing a complex product using an API that they provided, but planned on changing at the 12th hour to defeat their competition out of the gate. Their goal was to make Novell look so bad in the eyes of the consumer that nobody would ever trust the product again. This is pure maliciousness and way over the top. Its one thing to simply not give information, its entirely another to mislead and make your competition do what you tell them, and then change it so that it is guaranteed not to work.

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    Bottom line: If you shake hands with Bill Gates you had better count your fingers.