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information about Microsoft and its battle
against the Justice Department. $1
Million a Day
An excellent critique of the DOJ's persecution of
Microsoft from From About.com Stocks Guide Mike
Griffis. See also the follow-ups Friend
of the Devil and Friend
of the Devil Revisited.
D-Day
for Microsoft
Business Software Guide Steve Bindin reviews the
Microsoft case in the wake of the judge's ruling
that Microsoft is a monopoly.
Judge
to Microsoft: Break It Up!
US Government Info/Resources Guide Bob Longley
has an excellent recap of the ruling ordering
Microsoft's breakup.
King
Kong vs. Govzilla
Your Guide slams anti-trust legislation and the
attack on Microsoft in particular in this
editiorial article.
The
Microsoft Decision: Implications for Investors
Would the break-up of Microsoft hurt investors?
Your Guide examines the issue.
Microsoft
Discussion Forum
Join our discussion thread on the Microsoft case
for some lively and entertaining discourse.
Microsoft
Eh?
Your Guide looks at the suggestion in a
technology stock newsletter that Microsoft uproot
itself and move to a more favorable environment -
Canada!
Anti-Trust
Laws are Anti-American
This op-ed article from the Ayn Rand Institute by
Robert Getman argues that the government should
drop its anti-Microsoft suit.
Anti-Trust
Returns With a Vengeance
A superb longer treatment of the whole anti-trust
issue from The Intellectual Activist.
Attacks the notion of "perfect
competition" which is the basis for
anti-trust legislation.
The
Case for Microsoft
Economist David Henderson defends Microsoft in
this article from The Red Herring
magazine.
Committee
for the Moral Defense of Capitalism
This site presents a principled defense of
Microsoft. Includes a petition (linked below).
Creative
Insecurity
Reason magazine's Virginia Postrel shows
how Microsoft became successful by vigorous
competition whereas Apple Computer blew it by
acting like a monopolist.
The
Department of Justice's Unjustifiable Inquisition
of Microsoft
A superb examination of Microsoft's position in
the marketplace from the Heritage Foundation's
Adam Thierer. He argues that there is absolutely
no evidence that Microsoft is a monopoly and that
it, in fact, only has about 4% of the total
software market, running behind IBM. Lots of
charts and graphs in this well documented
article.
Hands
Off Microsoft!
Jack Keller Jr. has his own campaign to support
Microsoft with this excellent article. Download
and display the "Hands Off Microsoft!"
graphic.
Hatred
of the Good
Professor Edwin A. Locke of the Ayn Rand
Institute explains the attack on Microsoft as
motivated by envy.
Microsoft
Press Pass
Microsoft's media page at their website. Contains
the latest press releases and archives of
previous ones, as well as links to articles of
interest.
Opening
Pandora's Box
An Open Letter About the Politicization of the PC
Industry by Dan Fylstra, co-founder of BYTE
magazine..
Petition
to Stop the Persecution of Microsoft
Please sign the petition in defense of Bill Gates
and Microsoft. The petition linked is for
non-U.S. citizens. U.S. citizens sign
here.
U.S.
Vs. Microsoft: We're Defending Our Right to
Innovate
Bill gates' op-ed piece in the May 20th Wall
Street Journal.
What
Others are Saying...
A collection of media clippings supporting
Microsoft, many with links to the full article on
the Web.
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