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Date: 1998-05-18

DOJ klagt Micro/soft


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q/depesche 98.5.18.3

DOJ klagt Micro/soft
zwanzig U.S. Bundestaaten klagen mit.

DOJ, states file suits
By Dan Goodin
Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM
May 18, 1998, 10 a.m. PT


update Attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia today
joined the Justice Department in filing parallel historic antitrust suits
against Microsoft.

The states coordinated their actions with the DOJ and filed the lawsuits
in U.S. District Court in Washington.

"The Justice Department alleges that Microsoft has engaged in a series of
anticompetitive practices," U.S. attorney general Janet Reno said at a
press conference in Washington. "In short, Microsoft used its monopoly
power to develop a chokehold on the browser software needed to access the
Internet."

According to assistant attorney general Joel Klein: "What the evidence
shows is that Microsoft, from [Microsoft chief executive] Bill Gates on
down, quickly realized that Netscape's Internet browser posed a real
threat to Microsoft's Windows monopoly."

In a press conference, Gates responded that the suit is without merit.
"There isn't an industry in America today that is more competitive [and]
more alive and the amazing thing is that has all happened without any
government intervention," he said. "This suit is all about Micrsoft's
right to innovate on behalf of consumers."

Klein said today's lawsuit is being filed to address "time-sensitive
aspects" of the shipment of Windows 98, but added, "Our investigation of
other
Microsoft practices is ongoing."

The two lawsuits contain almost identical allegations and seek similar
remedies. They partly rely on Microsoft internal memos, including email
from
Gates, as evidence in the case.

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