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Date: 1998-12-31

Machtmissbrauch: Intuit attackiert Microsoft


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q/depesche 98.12.31/1
updating 98.12.17/1


Machtmissbrauch: Intuit attackiert Microsoft

Der Prozess ruht, aber der Infowar geht in gewohnter Weise
weiter. Irgendwelche Spatzen haben die Stellungnahme des
Softwarehauses Intuit ("Quicken") schon jetzt von ein paar
Netzknoten gepfiffen. Der nicht ganz überraschende Tenor:
Machtmissbrauch.
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by Nancy Weil,
Dec 30, 1998, 11:40 a.m. PT The U.S. Department of Justice
is expected to release deposition testimony from Intuit chief
William Harris on Wednesday as part of its antitrust case
against Microsoft, but amid published reports regarding the
testimony, Microsoft issued a preemptive statement Tuesday.
...
The Seattle Times on Sunday published a detailed story
about Harris's testimony, citing sources close to Intuit,
maker of the popular Quicken financial software. Bill Gates,
Microsoft's chairman and chief executive officer, in 1994
made repeated attempts to buy Intuit, approaching company
officials after a consent decree between Microsoft and the
DOJ left him feeling that he could act boldly to make
acquisitions, the newspaper reported.

Harris's deposition will offer an unflattering portrayal of
Microsoft and its attempts to cut "exclusive and
discriminatory deals" by relying on its monopoly power in the
operating system market, according to the Seattle Times.
Harris also suggests that the federal court quash Microsoft's
ability to bully other companies by establishing "operating
system neutrality," which would forbid the software giant from
using its operating system dominance to make exclusive
deals with third-party vendors.
...
full text
http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,9197,00.html

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