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                Date: 1998-12-31
                 
                 
                Machtmissbrauch: Intuit attackiert Microsoft
                
                 
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      q/depesche  98.12.31/1 
updating       98.12.17/1 
 
 
Machtmissbrauch: Intuit attackiert Microsoft 
 
Der Prozess ruht, aber der Infowar geht in gewohnter Weise  
weiter. Irgendwelche Spatzen haben die Stellungnahme des  
Softwarehauses  Intuit ("Quicken") schon jetzt von ein paar  
Netzknoten gepfiffen. Der nicht ganz überraschende Tenor:  
Machtmissbrauch. 
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by Nancy Weil,  
Dec 30, 1998, 11:40 a.m. PT The U.S. Department of Justice  
is expected to release deposition testimony from Intuit chief  
William Harris on Wednesday as part of its antitrust case  
against Microsoft, but amid published reports regarding the  
testimony, Microsoft issued a preemptive statement Tuesday. 
... 
The Seattle Times on Sunday published a detailed story  
about Harris's testimony, citing sources close to Intuit,  
maker of the popular Quicken financial software. Bill Gates,  
Microsoft's chairman and chief executive officer, in 1994  
made repeated attempts to buy Intuit, approaching company  
officials after a consent decree between Microsoft and the  
DOJ left him feeling that he could act boldly to make  
acquisitions, the newspaper reported. 
 
Harris's deposition will offer an unflattering portrayal of  
Microsoft and its attempts to cut "exclusive and  
discriminatory deals" by relying on its monopoly power in the  
operating system market, according to the Seattle Times.  
Harris also suggests that the federal court quash Microsoft's  
ability to bully other companies by establishing "operating  
system neutrality," which would forbid the software giant from  
using its operating system dominance to make exclusive  
deals with third-party vendors. 
... 
full text 
http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,9197,00.html
                   
 
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