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Opening Pandora's box: an open letter to the PC industry
Source: Frontline Systems, Inc.
Author: Dan Fylstra
Country: United States
E-mail: danfylstra@hotmail.com

"We've worried about the market power of a few companies like Microsoft, but we haven't anticipated how the true coercive power of government might be used for or against us ... Pandora's box is open, what are our choices?"

Myths of Antitrust Progress
Source: Cato Institute
Author: Dr. Dominick T. Armentano
Country: United States

Addresses some common misconceptions about the "benefits" of antitrust laws.

Back into Busting Trust-Busters
Source: Competitive Enterprise Institute
Author: Fred Smith
City: Washington, State: DC, Country: United States

"Antitrust policy, despite its proponents' hopes, rarely performs as advertised. Like other regulatory interventions justified on 'market failure' grounds, antitrust presumes that government failures are less serious than those experienced in the marketplace; yet they rarely are." (7/97)

Baseballs, shoe sizers, and other predators
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Jeffrey Tucker
Country: United States

Government lawyers talk as if a company that is successful to the point of dominating its market is a bad thing, but the evidence suggests otherwise. (5/18/00)

Creative Insecurity: The complicated truth behind the rise of Microsoft
Source: Reason Online
Author: Virginia Postrel
Country: United States
E-mail: vpostrel@reason.com

Postrel's excellent editorial examines why Microsoft's dominance is the result of a complicated number of factors, and far from a textbook case for antitrust action. (1/98)

What's good for Microsoft ...
Source: Cypress Semiconductor/New York Times
Author: T.J. Rodgers
Country: United States

T.J. Rodgers of Cypress Semiconductor examines the competitive environment of the high-tech industry, its relation to Microsoft, and the damage that a government anti-trust victory could cause. (10/20/98)

Advantage, Feds
Source: Free-Market.Net
Author: J.D. Tuccille
Country: United States
E-mail: media@free-market.net

J.D. Tuccille takes a look at how Microsoft's battle against the Department of Justice is being handled in the mainstream news-media.

Microsoft and Its Enemies: Which is the Monopolist?
Source: The Jefferson School
Author: George Reisman
Country: United States
E-mail: capitalism@free-market.net

An excellent analysis of the false "monopoly" charges against Microsoft, with historical precedents.

Is Microsoft a Monopolist?
Source: The Independent Review
Author: Richard McKenzie and William Shughart
Country: United States
E-mail: review@independent.org

Taking on the question yet again: free trade or government regulation?

Chronology of Events: 1/13/99 to present
Source: Microsoft, PressPass
Country: United States

Key events in Microsoft's defense case: 1/13/99 to the present.

Economics for the Third Industrial Revolution
Source: Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc
Author: David S. Evans and
Country: United States

Authors argue that we have entered a "Third Industrial Revolution" where many previously used economic rules are no longer applicable. Special emphasis on anti-trust. (05/99)

Is Microsoft a menace?
Source: Reason Online
Country: United States

Microsoft is fighting a multi-front war against federal trustbusters, state attorneys general, and angry competitors. The confrontation started back in 1990, when the government first examined Microsoft's business practices.

The Government's Demand That Microsoft Incorporate Netscape Navigator into Windows
Source: Microsoft, PressPass
Country: United States

"Coca-Cola is not forced to distribute Pepsi. McDonald's is not forced to sell Burger King hamburgers." (5/17/98)

Fact Vs. Fiction
Source: Microsoft, PressPass
Country: United States

Microsoft attempts to set the record straight. They summarize their positions, the facts about each issue, and offer additional information.

Who Decides What Innovations Go Into Your PC?
Source: Microsoft, PressPass
Author: Bill Gates
Country: United States

Editorial for the Wall Street Journal explaining the Department of Justice's and Microsoft's positions with regard to the antitrust allegations. (11/10/97)

Overview of Section 2 of the Sherman Act and its Application to Microsoft
Source: Microsoft PressPass
Author: Charles F. (Rick) Rule
Country: United States

The Department of Justice must prove that Microsoft has violated section 2 of the Sherman Act. Specifically, the Department must prove not only that Microsoft has monopoly power but also that Microsoft has acquired or maintained that power through "exclusionary" or "predatory" acts.

The 'Bork' Paradox: A Man at War with Himself
Source: Microsoft PressPass
Author: Charles F. (Rick) Rule
Country: United States

Robert Bork, who is being paid by Netscape, recently published a screed entitled, "The Case Against Microsoft." At bottom, the attack on Microsoft represents special pleading on behalf of Microsoft's competitors who apparently are hoping to be freed of the burden of having to compete against a relentlessly efficient and innovative Microsoft.

Why Does Microsoft Charge so Little for Windows?
Source: Microsoft, PressPass
Author: Bernard J. Reddy, David S. Evans, and Albert L. Nichols
Country: United States

If Microsoft is a true monopolist, why do they charge so little for their operating systems? (1/7/99)

U.S. v. Microsoft: We're Defending Our Right to Innovate
Source: Microsoft, PressPass
Author: Bill Gates
Country: United States

Bill Gates defends Microsoft against the anti-trust lawsuit in this editorial for the Wall Street Journal. (5/20/98)

Rear Windows
Source: Hudson Institute
Author: Alan Reynolds
Country: United States

"To suggest that Microsoft could possibly have any sort of monopoly over this frenetic Internet marketing is preposterous. So is fretting about any 'unfair' monopoly over browsers."

This site is proudly Netscape free!
Source: The Cloth Monkey
City: Burke, State: VA, Country: United States

A user puts forward his case for abandoning software from companies that promote antitrust interference.

Predatory prosecution
Source: Forbes
Author: Thomas Sowell
Country: United States

An economist provides a brief examination of the predatory pricing complaints being made against Microsoft. (05/03/99)

Ten evil monopolies
Source: Forbes Magazine
Author: Dan Seligman
Country: United States

"Trustbusters are smelling victory in Judge Jackson's courtroom. If they succeed there, maybe they will be inspired to take on the really bad guys." (Like the post office, public schools, etc.) (4/19/99)

Bill Gates: Hero, Coward
Source: The Free Radical
Author: David C. Adams
Country: United States

Bill Gates, the author claims, is no Hank Reardon. By ignoring the moral issues at stake in the DOJ's case against Microsoft -- and actually endorsing the principle of anti-trust -- Gates has forsaken his best defence, and therefore deserves to loose. (7/99)

The many flaws in the case against Microsoft
Source: Washington Policy Center
Author: Paul Guppy
Country: United States
E-mail: wpc@free-market.net

This intro looks at a few of the dire predictions made by Microsoft's enemies to whip up a federal case against the firm. They includes such gems as: "Microsoft will cause half the newspapers in America to go out of business." Needless to say, the reality has beenq quite different.

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