The Justice Department called for the Microsoft breakup weeks ago. The big news today is that an entirely separate branch of our Government, the Judiciary, has ruled that the breakup is mandated. Your headline is a terrible misstatement, an offense to American civics students.
While the Justice department is clearly a political animal, the judiciary is somewhat (at least one step) insulated from all that.
I for one am really (favorably) impressed at how the independent judiciary has come to grips with the real issues here. The issue is not whether a lower price on Microsoft stock will 'hurt' their shareholders, it's whether Microsoft broke the law.
For a professed non-computer user, Judge Jackson has done one heck of a job, and in an incredibly timely manner. Kudos.
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The Justice Department called for the Microsoft breakup weeks ago. The big news today is that an entirely separate branch of our Government, the Judiciary, has ruled that the breakup is mandated. Your headline is a terrible misstatement, an offense to American civics students.
While the Justice department is clearly a political animal, the judiciary is somewhat (at least one step) insulated from all that.
I for one am really (favorably) impressed at how the independent judiciary has come to grips with the real issues here. The issue is not whether a lower price on Microsoft stock will 'hurt' their shareholders, it's whether Microsoft broke the law.
For a professed non-computer user, Judge Jackson has done one heck of a job, and in an incredibly timely manner. Kudos.