Stories by Patrick Thibodeau

MS/DOJ: Closing Arguments Look to Be Brief

The combatants in the U.S. government's antitrust trial against Microsoft Corp. met this week in court to deliver their closing arguments and wrap up the case that began last October. The government led off, arguing that Microsoft has restricted competition, raised prices without fear and stifled innovation -- all to the detriment of consumers.

MS/DOJ: As trial ends, Judge hints at thinking

With testimony concluded in the Microsoft antitrust case, attention is now riveted on two issues: the possibility of a settlement and speculation over a verdict by Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, who last week offered the strongest clues yet as to what he is thinking.

Judge questions browser security in antitrust case

Microsoft antitrust trial Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson acknowledges that he approaches computers like any other consumer. But in court, he has asked a question that hit on a key concern for corporate IT departments and that also raised troubling questions for Microsoft’s defense.

Critics discuss punishment in MS antitrust case

In the belief that Microsoft will either lose its antitrust case or settle, antitrust experts, industry groups and some software businesses met last week to debate possible remedies in this historic case.

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