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Microsoft's Appeal a Success

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Posted by: TotalRecall

Taken from Zdnet:

Microsoft and the government claimed victory Thursday after a federal appeals court vacated an order calling for the breakup of the software giant but also determined that it illegally maintained its monopoly in operating systems.

In a 125-page decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a previous ruling that Microsoft used illegal conduct to retain its OS monopoly and asked a trial court to determine an appropriate remedy. The appeals court also asked the trial court to revisit the controversial issue of tying products such as the browser to Microsoft's ubiquitous PC operating system.


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Posted by: TotalRecall

I always thought that this case was wrongly directed at Microsoft, and i'm glad to see it broke up.



 
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