Historic Microsoft anti-trust happenings

From: Captain Napalm <spc_at_armigeron.com>
Date: Thu May 21 14:57:59 1998

It was thus said that the Great Jack Peacock once stated:
>
> >>Do you think that there is any chance that Microsoft is now so big
> that
> it can afford better lawyers that the Department of Justice?
>
> Good chance, after all IBM beat the DOJ,

  IBM didn't beat the DOJ as much as President Regan dropped the suit in the
early 80s (82 or 83 I think) as part of his ``Smaller Government'' or
``Business Friendly Government'' or something like that. Before that, it
had been going on for 10 years.

  -spc (Neutral in the Microsoft suit)
Received on Thu May 21 1998 - 14:57:59 BST