39 ordspråk av William Kovacic
William Kovacic
They have to take the additional step of explaining the reason everyone does these types of deals is because it's pro-competitive, ... The government argues that other companies [make these deals because they] are driven to the wall to stay alive, that they're driven to these desperate measures because Microsoft forced them to.
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They would be asking the court to stand in the way of a major product introduction,
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This company is supremely adaptable, ... They're buying their way into the cable business and technological alternatives. The government's fear is that Microsoft will get off the existing platform [Windows-based computers] and on another. The government is confident that this company did something wrong, but they're not confident of what to do about it.
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This is the first time going back to 1890 in which the key assets of the company to be broken up consist of human beings and ideas. Who can predict what these people will do, and how effective the entities will be?
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This is the government's and Jackson's dilemma, ... No serious remedy will be put into place until the appeals process is finished. It's like someone knowing he's sick, but he gets a prescription that can't be filled for three years.
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Today's action makes it likely that during the period that the Supreme Court is considering the case, there will likely be a suspension of the interim remedies.
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We'll probably have more testimony ... with a result (on remedies) somewhere in mid-summer,
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What this means is the suit will not go on for 20 years,
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You can count on one hand the big monopolization success stories; you can count on more than one hand the failures,
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