All a temporary restraining order gets is a 10-day order so all the parties involved can make their arguments, ... It can be extended to 20 days, and within that period the government can try to get a preliminary injunction. |
I don't know if it's fear or love, but it's a question of something Microsoft knows it has to do and will do. |
The Court of Appeals decision pretty much made it impossible for the government to prevail, ... The court said if the functionality is integrated and creates a plausible advantage to the consumer, then it's a single product and can't be an illegal tie-in. The government didn't anticipate that decision when it filed its complaint. |
The notion is not that if you're a monopoly, you compete less vigorously or with more deference to your competitors, ... The interest in antitrust law is for the protection of consumers, not individual competitors. |
We're going to get to ship Windows 98 with all its Internet functionality intact? and that's the key, |
You will begin to hear why Microsoft is doing these things and why they're good for consumers and for competition, ... In antitrust law, that's the ultimate test. |