Author: JT Smith
The Globe and Mail: “So now it’s official. Although seven justices of a U.S.
Appeals Court struck down the proposed breakup of
Microsoft, a remedy recommended by District Court
judge Thomas Penfield Jackson in the landmark case
last year, they unanimously upheld the lower-court
judge’s findings of fact – in particular, the fact that
Microsoft is an illegal monopoly. But what exactly does
that mean? Welcome to the quagmire that is antitrust
legislation.”
Appeals Court struck down the proposed breakup of
Microsoft, a remedy recommended by District Court
judge Thomas Penfield Jackson in the landmark case
last year, they unanimously upheld the lower-court
judge’s findings of fact – in particular, the fact that
Microsoft is an illegal monopoly. But what exactly does
that mean? Welcome to the quagmire that is antitrust
legislation.”
