Author: JT Smith
Legal
Times (via Law.com) has an interesting and somewhat debatable view on how
to end Microsoft’s monopoly: “Lost in the tempest of litigation is the fact that the government had and has the power to erode Microsoft’s monopoly — without resorting
to antitrust laws — by buying and promoting competing products. That is, the government could use its power as a large consumer of
products and services to promote competition. This is especially so since the federal government is perhaps the single largest customer for
Microsoft Windows.”
Times (via Law.com) has an interesting and somewhat debatable view on how
to end Microsoft’s monopoly: “Lost in the tempest of litigation is the fact that the government had and has the power to erode Microsoft’s monopoly — without resorting
to antitrust laws — by buying and promoting competing products. That is, the government could use its power as a large consumer of
products and services to promote competition. This is especially so since the federal government is perhaps the single largest customer for
Microsoft Windows.”
