Microsoft offical says company sought cooperation
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Under questioning Paul Maritz, a high-ranking Microsoft executive, admitted that Microsoft attempted to persuade Netscape Communications to find "common ground" with Microsoft in developing alternative "technology platforms". This "common ground", the government argued, amounts to an attempt on the part of Microsoft to thwart open competition in the operating system and web browser markets. Microsoft, however, contends that while it may have prevented Netscape from entering certain small niches of the software market, there was still ample opertunity for Netscape to develop other kinds of Internet related software, including Java based applications. The government also argued that Microsoft made a concerted effort to change the name it applied to its browser, so that it would not seem to be a stand alone product. Microsoft contends that it was always the intention of the company to bundle a browser with its operating system.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1999
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Microsoft finds silver lining in Tokyo reprimand
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Japan's Fair Trade Commission ordered Microsoft to discontinue what the antitrust agency described as unfair bundling of its Microsoft Excel speadsheet and Microsoft Word word processor in PC vendor sales, and admonished the company on its Internet browser market strategy. The commission also said Microsoft's business practices have not harmed the Japanese browser software market, a finding which Microsoft noted as its US antitrust trial continues in Washington. Microsoft, in another development, said the South Korean Fair Trade Commission told the company in Sep 1998 that it had ended its investigation of Microsoft. Antitrust experts declined to connect these offshore investigations, as well as an ongoing European Commission probe of Microsoft, directly with the antitrust lawsuit filed by the Justice Department and 20 states. Most countries would base their decisions on the US outcome, according to the legal experts.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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