08 Nov 1999 | Print  |

Judge Finds Microsoft a Monopoly

by Adam C. Engst

Judge Finds Microsoft a Monopoly -- Last Friday U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson released his "finding of fact" in the ongoing federal antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation, finding that Microsoft holds a monopoly in Intel-compatible PC operating systems. (For a history of Microsoft antitrust actions covered in TidBITS, including a detailed look at the current case in the two-part "Who Do You Antitrust?" article, see the arrs in the landmark antitrust case. A final ruling in the case is not expected until sometime next year, and appeals and settlement negotiations could cause the suit to drag out for some time yet. [ACE]

<http://usvms.gpo.gov/findfact.html>
<http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/>
<http://db.tidbits.com/series/1152>

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