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"Critics of the Redmond, Wash.-based company, the world's largest software
publisher, have repeatedly claimed that it has used its dominance and
relationship with IBM to crush tiny competitors and outmaneuver larger
rivals.
"Particularly upsetting to many smaller software publishers is Microsoft's
unique strategy of providing both system software, which controls the
computer's basic operations, as well as application programs, such as word-
processing and spreadsheet packages.
"Critics argue that because Microsoft controls the system software, it has an
unfair advantage in developing application programs that must operate with
the system software."
Los Angeles Times, 3.13.91, p. D-2.
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"Microsoft['s] ... effort to unseat Netscape as the Internet's dominant power...
is creating a major split in the Net and new headaches for Net developers who
are being pressured to take sides. ...the end result is that a market in which
Netscape once set the de facto standard is increasingly being split in two....
[and launched a ] ... battle [that has] standards-setting bodies ... throwing up
their hands.
[...]
"Microsoft, with its huge war chest and its control over 80% of the world's
PC desktops, is well-positioned for a long battle. The company will soon
integrate its browser tightly into its Windows operating system, for example,
a measure analysts say will increase its power to shape the future of the Net.
[...]
"Following its offer ... of hundreds of dollars' worth of free subscriptions to
popular Web sites such as Wall Street Journal Interactive and ESPN
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SportsZone to those who use its latest browser, tens of thousands of Net
surfers are downloading the Microsoft browser everyday... [a]nd Microsoft is
offering lucrative incentives to content providers to use Active X technology
on their Web sites.
"In exchange for getting a new TV Guide-style site called NetGuide Live to
use Active X, 'Microsoft committed themselves to a significant amount of
advertising,' says Newt Barrett, publisher of the new service. Barrett says his
site will also be included in Microsoft's list of hot Web sites.
[...]
"Observers expect Microsoft's browser share to jump again when
CompuServe and America Online begin offering a customized version of
Internet Explorer to their millions of subscribers early next month."
Los Angeles Times, 8.17.96, p. D-1.
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"Speaking on CNNfn's Digital Jam, O'Reilly & Associates president Tim
O'Reilly said he was questioned earlier this week by Justice officials, and that
he told them that Microsoft is artificially trying to keep some competitors'
software from functioning properly on its desktop Windows NT environment.
[...]
"O'Reilly said he's concerned by the fact that Microsoft -- which by its own
admission is somewhat of a late-comer to the Internet software market -- is
trying to take control of the global network. 'They're doing all they can to take
control (of the Internet). In the process, I think they're damaging it pretty
seriously.' ... Microsoft started creating a showdown when it began bundling
its Web server with Windows NT, it's high-end operating system. Microsoft
is reportedly telling companies they can't use competitors' software on the NT
workstation platform and have sought to limit the use of standard Internet
protocols with their software. ...
"'They're saying 'you have to use our platform the way we want you to.' The
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vision they have is contrary to the way people want to use it. They're saying
we'll tell you how to use the Internet and saying the way we want you to use
it is the way that benefits our revenue the most.'"
CNNfn, 8.22.96
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"... Bill Gates vows that his company will lead consumers to a dazzling, new
multimedia future that seamlessly blends the best of audio, video and
computer technology. As the world's richest and most powerful software
entrepreneur, he's got the vision, the cunning and the money to do it.
[...]
"So how does Gates manage to place himself in an apparent conflict-of-
interest situation that could draw the attention of federal securities regulators?
Has America's top techno-preneur become a little too entrepreneurial?
[...]
"Given that Microsoft is now under scrutiny by the Federal Trade
Commission for possible anti-competitive business practices, one would think
Microsoft's directors would be particularly sensitive to potential conflicts of
interest.
[...]
"These are precisely the kind of legal and ethical questions that the industry's
leading entrepreneur should want to avoid. ... Entrepreneurs at public
companies can be too entrepreneurial... But as the leader of one of America's
most important public companies, Gates and his board should be held to the
same legal, ethical and fiduciary obligations as a GM or IBM."
Los Angeles Times, 1.7.93, p. D-1.
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"The issue, industry sources say, is whether Microsoft has been maintaining
its lead by hard work, investment and innovation or by using its market power
to chill innovation by competitors. ... That Microsoft is trying to elbow tiny
Go Corp., a company trying to develop software that recognizes handwriting
for its notebook computers, is seen as excessive competitive zeal by the
company's critics."
Los Angeles Times, 3.20.91, p. D-1.
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"In the most dramatic allegation yet that Microsoft Corp. uses bullying tactics
to protect its turf, Apple Computer Inc. has charged that the software giant
threatened to withhold a key piece of software unless Apple agreed to drop
two lawsuits and a competing product.
"The allegations are contained in a Feb. 13 letter from Apple to U.S. District
Judge Stanley Sporkin. In a stunning decision last week, Sporkin rejected as
too narrow a consent decree that settled antitrust charges by the Justice
Department against Microsoft.
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"Microsoft ... denied the allegation, and Chairman Bill Gates said he was
disappointed by Apple's treatment of Microsoft.
[...]
"According to Apple... the computer maker a year ago attempted to obtain a
copy of Windows 95, a yet-to-be released version of Microsoft's best-selling
operating system software. ... Typically, Microsoft gives an early version of
its software to independent software developers. Since December, 1993,
about 40,000 independent software developers have received the early, so-
called beta versions of Windows 95.
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"Apple claims that Microsoft withheld Windows 95 because of two copyright
infringement cases. In 1988, Apple filed suit against Microsoft, contending
that Windows copied the Macintosh operating system. ... In December, Apple
filed a lawsuit against San Francisco Canyon Co., charging that the start-up
company gave Apple's copyrighted video software to Intel Corp. and
Microsoft. Later, Apple sued Microsoft.
"... Apple Chief Executive Michael Spindler and Microsoft's Gates met to
settle their disputes .... Apple contends that Gates issued a veiled threat
against Apple, saying that withholding Windows 95 was 'cause and effect' for
Apple's decision to file a second lawsuit against Microsoft.
"At the same meeting, Gates asked Apple to drop Open Doc, a software
program that competes with a Microsoft product called Ole.
"Apple said it informed Assistant U.S. Atty. Gen. Anne K. Bingaman of its
problems with Microsoft. After a phone call from Bingaman, confirmed on
Thursday by the Justice Department, Apple received the early version of
Windows 95.
"Although unorthodox, Bingaman's decision to intervene falls within her
rights, legal experts said. 'I wouldn't call it mediation,' said Stanford
University law professor William Baxter. 'I would call it law enforcement.'
[...]
"Gates ... sent a letter to Spindler, saying that he was 'disappointed' by
Apple's actions. 'Microsoft develops more software for Apple than any other
company,' he stated. Reflecting the tense relations between the two, Gates
listed more than two pages of grievances."
Los Angeles Times, 2.24.1995, p. D-1
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