Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Tracy R Reed
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 00:00

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Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>No software company HAS a monopoly

Judge Jackson seems to think so.

Jackson actually said MS is a monopoly. 

http://law.miningco.com/library/weekly/bljackson.htm

"Whether or not the government has correctly divined Microsoft's intentions,
the probability that Microsoft will not only continue to reinforce its
operating system monopoly by it licensing practices, but might also acquire yet
another monopoly in the Internet browsers market, is simply too great to
tolerate indefinitely until the issue is finally resolved."

- U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's preliminary injunction
  order of December 11, 1997, in the Department of Justice's action against
Microsoft

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From: treed@freeside.ultraviolet.org (Tracy R Reed)
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/10/06
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